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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| title= Dirty Hands<br />
| image= 3x16-DirtyHands-TyrolSelix.jpg<br />
| season= 3<br />
| episode= 16<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer= [[Anne Cofell Saunders]] <br/> [[Jane Espenson]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Wayne Rose]]<br />
| production= 316<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate= 2007-02-25 <br />
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| dvd=<br />
| podcast = y<br />
| population= 41400<br />
| oldpopulation= 41398<br />
| prev=[[A Day in the Life]]<br />
| next=[[Maelstrom]]<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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: ''Amidst unsafe and harsh conditions in the maintenance and production areas of the Fleet, as well [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]'s [[My Triumphs, My Mistakes|personal diatribe]] stirring feelings of dissent amongst the working class, Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] must wrestle whether or not to resurrect the worker's union he began on [[New Caprica]].''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
===Teaser===<br />
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*A group of deckhands, with Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] at the head, are prepping [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack's]] [[Raptor]] for a mission.<br />
*Tyrol reminds [[Anthony Figurski|Figurski]], [[Pollux]] and [[Sanchez]] not to leave as they have to work on additional engine refits. A number of deckhands, one literally missing a hand and using a prosthetic arm, are busy with their work. Complaints about fatigue are deflected by Tyrol.<br />
*Viewers see [[tylium]] fuel, refined from its ore state into a gasoline-like liquefied state, being pumped into the Raptor.<br />
*[[Diana Seelix|Seelix]] is returning bags of cleaned laundry to Figurski, Pollux, and [[Redford]]. She's not too happy as, despite high marks on the written exam for [[Viper (RDM)|Viper pilot]] flight training, Seelix has been denied promotion because she was considered to have mission-essential duties and could not be transferred. Pollux is left surprised, believing that others don't want the "knuckledraggers" to rise in rank.<br />
*Tyrol, who heard about the failed promotion from the [[CAG]], apologizes to Seelix. Figurski teases too much about Seelix's fate and her unglamorous laundry work, which causes Seelix to attack Figurski before Chief Tyrol breaks it up. Seelix goes back to laundry delivery, obviously depressed in spite of Tyrol's attempt to have her look at her work on the [[hangar deck]] as critical to the Fleet's safety.<br />
*Racetrack and [[Skulls]], her [[ECO]], launch from the lift from the hangar deck to the port [[flight pod]]. They fly through the motley of civilian ships and begin plotting their course, passing the [[Space Park]], when a malfunction occurs in the reaction control jets and one of the main engines. The vehicle is out of control.<br />
*Racetrack yells for Skulls to sit in the copilot seat and moments later, both eject from the wayward vehicle. The Raptor tumbles on a collision course with ''[[Colonial One]]'' at the same area of the ship where President [[Laura Roslin]] and [[Tory Foster]] are handling their daily business.<br />
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=== Act 1 ===<br />
*Admiral [[William Adama]] is assisting President Roslin with moving her office area to another section of ''Colonial One'' while the damaged bulkhead of the ship is repaired. The presidential flagship suffered only a glancing blow from Racetrack's Raptor, but hit with sufficient force to cause a dozen injuries, including to Tory Foster. No one was killed, fortunately.<br />
*When Roslin notes the cramped confines, Adama offers Roslin any of his beds on ''[[Galactica]]''. A moment of humorous silence hangs as Adama realizes the unintended double-meaning and Roslin smiles.<br />
*The two leaders of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] discuss the cause of the Raptor's malfunction. So far, the investigation suggests a fuel contamination problem. Roslin finds the matter unsettling since, before, the refinery ship was always reliable and timely.<br />
*The leaders discuss [[Xeno Fenner]], who has complained about numerous labor-related problems despite the overall significance of the overall survival of humanity. Adama is impatient with Fenner's effectiveness over the last two weeks and wants to get the Fleet back on its path to [[Earth]].<br />
*Roslin, who [[Home, Part II|began the serious quest for Earth]], can't resist teasing Adama, a [[Home, Part I|skeptic about the legends of Earth]] despite his claims of [[Miniseries, Night 2|knowing where it was]]. Adama plays along with Roslin, asking "Have I ever doubted it?"<br />
*Fenner meets with President Roslin and Admiral Adama. Fenner complains of exhaustion, very long shift hours and other problems that go unheeded throughout his operation by the senior staff. Adama reminds Fenner that, because of the backlog of fuel processing and distribution between the ships of the Fleet, they have fuel for maybe one or two [[FTL|jumps]]. Both leaders warn that safety is in danger and that fuel resupply is imperative.<br />
*Fenner questions if intentionally causing a slowdown or other problems with the fuel processing would yield some results.<br />
*When Fenner quotes a passage from an underground book written by [[Gaius Baltar]] to reinforce his case ("If you hear the people, you never have to fear the people") Roslin is incensed by the quote and has the [[marine]]s in the room arrest Fenner.<br />
*Roslin explains to Adama that Baltar's lawyer had smuggled out the book, called ''[[My Triumphs, My Mistakes]]'', which has been copied about the Fleet. Roslin and Adama discuss how it is causing class strife throughout the Fleet. A visibly angered Roslin, her voice quieting to almost a whisper in her usual manner when in such a state, says, "I am thinking of having a good old-fashioned book burning."<br />
*In their quarters, the Tyrols are having a meal. [[Cally Tyrol]] admonishes her husband from eating too much, recalling their recovery from [[A Day In The Life|vacuum exposure]] and apparent diet requirements to aid in it.<br />
*The two eventually discuss the recent labor problems. Cally, reciting passages from Baltar's book, notes how work throughout the Fleet is divided by class lines, which also happen to be related to how work was culturally based on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]]. Prosperous colonists from Caprica, Tauron and Virgon were mostly in administrative or professional jobs such as politicians and pilots, while colonists from places such as Gemenon, Sagittaron, and Aerelon, which were agrarian or otherwise raw-material sources, had primarily blue-collar populations. When Galen comments that [[Anastasia Dualla|Lieutenant Dualla]] was from Sagittaron, Cally answers that she was promoted only because of her [[Lee Adama|husband's Caprica status]].<br />
*Chief Tyrol gets a call from Admiral Adama, who tells him of Fenner's arrest for "pissing off the President." Adama orders him to get to the refinery ship and get the fuel supply running. Cally recalls the old union on [[New Caprica]] and that, while the scenery has changed, the people who desired change in then-President Baltar's leadership were still around.<br />
*Roslin visits Gaius Baltar with marine contingent, intent on confiscating any further passages of his clandestine book. She lies to Baltar, telling him that the book was intercepted before it could be mass-produced, and that she was dying to read the latest entries. Roslin objects to Baltar's portrayal as a "man of the people" in his book.<br />
*She forces a strip search of Baltar before his [[Cylon-Related Hallucinations|virtual Six]] convinces him to give up the passages to save his dignity. <br />
*Tyrol arrives to investigate the refinery ship's operation and meets with [[Cabott]], who remembers Tyrol's work as the union leader. He shows him a large cavernous room with a single comparatively small pile of tylium in its center. When asked about the amount of tylium available, Cabott notes that the Fleet would be lucky to get out of this system.<br />
*Cabott notes that the ship is as loud as an "A-bomb" when in full production, and as equally safe.<br />
*The conditions are squalid at best, as many workers move the granular tylium through its conversion process from ore to precursor and fuel. The working conditions are less of the problem, as workers are tired and have very little time off. Work is going much too slowly, and Cabott reminds Tyrol of the harsh work schedules that have greatly reduced fuel production.<br />
*The group enters a conveyor area, where many workers appear to be cleaning or making minor repairs. The refining process appears to have stopped. Despite Cabott's pleas, Tyrol asks him to start up the process. A laborer named [[Milo]] tells Tyrol that the system won't work. When pressed as to the reason, Milo is silent.<br />
*Tyrol looks around to find that several critical pressure relief seals are missing, making the machinery unusable. The workers have intentionally hidden the seals as a protest for Fenner's arrest and an attempt to get improved working conditions.<br />
*Later, on ''Galactica'', Tyrol reports to Admiral Adama and Roslin on his initial investigations on the refinery ship. A search has not turned up the seals. Since the group did not harm him or contaminate the existing fuel, he believes that the workers are buying time to get their pleas heard.<br />
*He notes that some of the people on the refinery ship have been working almost continuously since the original [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack on the Colonies]] with no chance to transfer or take a break.<br />
*Roslin acknowledges the hard work, but notes that work is equally hard on the algae processing, or munitions or waste processing teams. When Tyrol asks to cede to some labor demands to get things working again, Roslin objects, calling it extortion, and asks for the names of the leaders to put them under arrest, after which Tyrol reluctantly notes Cabott. Roslin curtly dismisses Tyrol when he tries to continue his pleas.<br />
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===Act 2===<br />
*Tyrol visits Fenner and Cabott. Cabott, who was incarcerated on New Caprica by the Cylons, is experiencing hallucinations and is injuring himself. Tyrol asks for the seals, to Fenner's anger.<br />
*Tyrol yells at both to tell him where, and Fenner relents and tells the location of the seals.<br />
*The seals are replaced. Milo asks to flip the switch. Tyrol asks Milo's age: 12. The production resumes. Tyrol looks around to see many very young faces; many of the refinery workers are children and adolescents.<br />
*On ''Colonial One'', Tyrol explains that the parents are passing down their skills to their children, and that the children are thus automatically stuck in their parent's careers instead of choosing an own path for their future. Roslin understands the problem, and offers to gather a list of colonists with any relevant experience that can be used to supplement the workers on the refinery ship.<br />
*A young man named [[Danny Noon]], pulled from [[Dogsville]], questions Tyrol on the hangar deck on why he is tasked to work on the refinery ship. As Figurski tells Tyrol of the young man's farming experience, Noon denies any actual experience, having worked for one summer for money for college before the Cylon attack on the Colonies. Before Tyrol can consider reassigning the man, Figurski warns that letting the young man go may cause more to deny their experience as well, setting back the conscription process. Tyrol does not interfere.<br />
*As Tyrol walks away, he finds a copy of Baltar's underground manifesto. Turning the page, he notes one page entitled "The Emerging Aristocracy and the Emerging Underclass." He decides to go to Baltar.<br />
*Interviewing Baltar (who now knows that his book has circulated), Tyrol tries to separate fact from fiction. Baltar (now possessing only a mattress on the floor, with no bed frame) explains that he is really born on a dairy farm outside of [[Cuffle's Breath Wash]] on Aerelon. When Tyrol questions further, particularly Baltar's posh accent, Baltar explains (as he begins to speak in his native Aerelon voice) that he began to mimic Caprican speech starting at 10 years old so that people would not believe he was from Aerelon, a "drab, ugly rock condemned to be the food basket for the twelve worlds." Baltar left Aerelon after his 18th birthday.<br />
*When Tyrol indicates that the strife was left on the Colonies and begins to leave the [[brig]], Baltar disagrees, indicating that the social strife has followed the people, and that the aristocracy will continue to hold on to their power.<br />
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===Act 3===<br />
*The fresh labor on the refinery ship is helping and tylium ore is again being refined, per Fenner. He notes that some problems in the process was where the contaminants were accumulating and that work is being done to clean up the process.<br />
*A malfunction occurs on the refinery ship conveyor, but Fenner warns that the belt has to be repaired while running, else, shutting it down will seize the whole system. Worse, not fixing the problem soon could cause an explosive chain reaction with the ore stuck in the system.<br />
*Tyrol tries to get the problem part, but can't reach it. Danny Noon manages to reach underneath to restore the belt to operation but suffers a piercing injury as he exits from under the belt.<br />
*Watching this suffering becomes too much for Tyrol. He slowly walks over to the belt systems main power levers and pulls them, shutting down the entire fuel operation. He tells everyone that the plant is offline and that the workers are on strike.<br />
*Several pilots, including [[Kara Thrace]], are trying to get a flight, but Pollux tells them that they are on strike, and that only vital missions are being serviced.<br />
*Chief Tyrol is arrested and placed in ''Galactica's'' brig. Admiral Adama tells him that the Colonial Fleet shoots mutineers like Tyrol and the deckhands.<br />
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===Act 4===<br />
*Tyrol tries to explain his side, but Adama warns that no one on this ship can disobey orders. To prove how far he will go, he makes a phone call.<br />
*Adama orders Cally Tyrol to be taken to the starboard hangar deck. When the Chief asks why, Adama tells him he is taking her there to be shot as a mutineer. He then states that he will continue with the executions, starting with the rebellious deck crew, if he has to.<br />
*Tyrol is terrified, but Adama continues to elaborate: Orders, no matter how one feels about them, must be adhered to. If even one person hesitates to fulfill an order or feels that orders are optional, everyone will perish, including Tyrol's [[Nicholas Tyrol|son]]. Adama tells him that this is not his desire, but that he would put ten Callys against the wall to be shot to ensure the survival of the Fleet.<br />
*Tyrol concedes. Adama releases him and lets him speak to Cally, who mistakenly believes that Tyrol has won. Adama releases her. Adama releases the Chief as well, reminding him that he wanted to speak with the President on the labor issues.<br />
*On ''Colonial One'', Tyrol and President Roslin talk over drinks about the cultural vocations that some colonists are locked into by birth, which Roslin understands but cannot see how to change. Tyrol suggests a plan where other colonists, including professional types who inhabit ''Colonial One,'' get their hands dirty with many tasks, allowing some sharing of low-level chores. For high-stress jobs, Tyrol recommends crew rotations. Roslin agrees.<br />
*Tyrol recommends a training program, but Roslin defers it and wants Tyrol's union to give some ground in collective bargaining. When Tyrol is confused about the mention of a union he believed long gone, Roslin explains the necessity of the union and his leadership to ensure that the Fleet doesn't tear itself apart.<br />
*Later, back on the hangar deck, Chief Tyrol is announcing work assignments when Captain Thrace arrives to complain about a missing [[nugget]] who did not report for training. She asks for Diana Seelix, who is both visibly confused and excited. <br />
* After berating Seelix for not checking the duty roster to see where she should have reported, Thrace then tells her that she is "out of uniform". Tyrol, in on the ruse, states that he can fix that part of the problem and presents Seelix with ensign pins, promoting her to the basic officer's rank needed to train as a pilot.<br />
*Thrace continues to play the nasty drill officer and orders the smiling Seelix off to the pilots ready room. Thrace herself cracks a smile as Tyrol asks her to "be nice" to her new recruit.<br />
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===Bonus Scene===<br />
*Chief Tyrol has finished sorting out a handful of children who were mistakenly picked in the pool of conscripts to aid on the refinery ship. He returns to his quarters to pick up some paperwork.<br />
*Cally Tyrol notes that most of the conscripts are from poor colonies, and that the work involved actually doesn't involve any genuine skills. She noticed that no one from ''Colonial One'' was in the list of conscripts.<br />
*Galen berates Cally for what he feels is yet another recitation from Gaius Baltar's book. He warns her that, if he pushes too hard with the Fleet's leadership, they may pull him off of the assignment of assigning conscripts, where someone like Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] may be ordered to manage, with more dire results for everyone.<br />
*Cally tries to encourage her husband to continue fighting for the rights of the workers as he did as the union leader on [[New Caprica]]. As she continues to press for his support, he tells her that the New Caprica union is over and leaves without further discussion.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
* Will Baltar's book help his image among the working class of the [[the Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] in his upcoming trial? ([[Crossroads, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* Is it possible that [[Tom Zarek]] somehow assisted Baltar in the writing and distribution of his book?<br />
* Has the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s [[tylium]] reserve been re-stocked at all since "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]"?<br />
* Have these class differentiations amongst the colonies been problematic before the destruction of the Twelve Colonies?<br />
* Besides occupations that are related to the "working class" and other professions such as news reporters, what other occupations exist within the Fleet besides those positions found on ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica''?<br />
* Have the Colonials truly lost the Cylons or are the Cylons continuing on different plans? ([[Crossroads, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* Why isnt't [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] mentioned along with [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] as another member of the "working class" that rose to be part of the Fleet leadership, as he was born on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Aerelon|Aerelon]] and started his career as an enlisted man?<br />
* Besides Baltar's testimony, is there any real solid evidence that Baltar was born on Aerelon? Official statements by Ronald D. Moore confirm the truth of this backstory, but can Baltar actually prove it to his fellow Colonial citizens?<br />
* With the information provided by "[[Unfinished Business]]" and "[[A Day in the Life]]", have the attitude and admiration towards Admiral Adama changed significantly to the point that his crew feel more indifferent or resentful of him?<br />
* Besides the six colonies that were mentioned, how were the other colonies, such as Picon, considered?<br />
* Will Tyrol tell Cally about what really happened between his meeting with Adama? Will Cally be told that Adama originally planned on executing her?<br />
* Besides the damage to the bulkheads on ''Colonial One'', are any other ships damaged by the runaway Raptor? Does it actually explode as Racetrack was afraid that it would do before the ejection?<br />
* What is the actual rationale behind the rejection of Seelix's application for flight training, and how is the decision made to have her accepted in the end?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* Not having any real options for defending his actions during the Cylon occupation of New Caprica, Baltar has opted to use class warfare as a distraction from the crimes for which he will stand trial and to drum up support as a victim of "the aristocracy". <br />
* Adama's explanation and pending orders to execute Cally and the rest of the knuckledraggers to force Tyrol to call off the strike is reminiscent of the style of leadership found with Admiral Cain. However, once Tyrol relented and called off the strike, Adama immediately displayed his familiar style of leadership by informing Tyrol of his meeting with Roslin.<br />
* This is the first time that an emergency cockpit ejection from a Raptor is shown during the series. When the craft is fully manned, only the pilots could eject, leaving the crew in the aft compartment behind. However, the cockpit canopy is probably the only part of the hull that can be detached. Whether the remaining crew would survive is debatable as usually the pilots - including the [[ECO]] - are the only ones who have pressurized suits equipped. If the rest of the crew, such as marines or passengers, were suited up, it might be possible for the aft crew to survive if the side entrance door to the Raptor is also designed to blow out in such an emergency.<br />
* Ever since her murder of Boomer and following detention and eventual release, Cally has displayed an attitude of disrespect towards the Fleet leadership, especially to Adama recently. Her recent demeanor and naive assumption that Adama would not do anything more than arrest the strikers may highlight a growing problem amongst the military workers that are beginning to dissent from the leadership.<br />
* This episode, as well as "[[The Woman King]]" display an ongoing theme since Season 2 that focuses on how human beings are self-destructive by nature without any Cylon intervention. As was stated in "[[A Day In The Life]]", the Fleet hadn't encountered any Cylon forces for approximately 2 months. This state of complacency has allowed the typical in-fighting amongst the colonials to resume, especially with the depreciating state of quality of life amongst the ships in the fleet.<br />
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== Notes == <br />
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* A number of main characters are not present at all during this episode: [[Lee Adama]], [[Sharon Agathon]], [[Karl Agathon]], [[Saul Tigh]], [[Felix Gaeta]], and [[Anastasia Dualla]].<br />
* According to [[Bradley Thompson]], this episode was originally a different story titled "Our Enemies, Ourselves". When developing "[[The Woman King]]", it was felt that both episodes dealt with the same themes. As a result, "Dirty Hands" was created instead.<br />
* The [[w:79th Academy Awards|79th Academy Awards]] were shown during the episode. The ratings should be taken ''lightly''.<br />
* The prop department still hasn't produced any Ensign [[Military Ranks (RDM)|rank insignia]] yet. Like in "[[Scar]]", Lieutenant j.g. insignia are used instead.<br />
* While [[Galen Tyrol]] has completely recovered, his wife is still dealing with the injuries she sustained in "[[A Day in the Life]]".<br />
* One of the deckhands has lost an arm, but is using a prosthesis to work.<br />
* [[Dogsville]] is still in use.<br />
* Baltar reveals that he is from [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Aerelon|Aerelon]]. He displays his native accent, traces of which he claimed to have heard in Sharon Valerii's voice in "[[Flesh and Bone]]".<br />
* The Fleet's reserves of refined [[tylium]] have become dangerously low.<br />
* [[Cally]] notes [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Tauron|Tauron]] and [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]] as two of the more affluent colonies.<br />
* The Raptor accident is reminiscent of the [[:wikipedia:Gemini 8|Gemini 8]] incident, where a jammed thruster spun the spacecraft up to dangerous rates. The crew only managed to regain control by using some of the fuel intended for re-entry.<br />
*While not seen in this episode, it is revealed in "[[The Son Also Rises]]" that Baltar's book was smuggled off ''Galactica'' by his lawyer, [[Alan Hughes]].<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*''Adama offers Roslin accommodations aboard ''Galactica<br />
:'''Adama''': If the quarters become cramped, you're always welcome in one of my beds…in a manner of speaking.<br />
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* ''[[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] talking to [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] about his [[My_Triumphs%2C_My_Mistakes|book]]:''<br />
: '''Tyrol''': Why do I have such a hard time picturing you milking cows and shoveling manure?<br />
: '''Baltar''': Lack of imagination.<br />
: '''Tyrol''': Or maybe that your little tale is manure.<br />
: (...)<br />
: '''Baltar''': I don't sound like I'm from [[Aerelon]]?<br />
: '''Tyrol''': No.<br />
: '''Baltar''': Well you know I take that as a particular compliment. I don't know about you, but I've always found the Aerelon dialect to be particularly hard on the ears. <br />
:''(Baltar begins speaking with an Aerelon accent)''<br />
: '''Baltar''': Something about the consonants that scrape the back of the throat. Course I should know an awful lot about my native tongue, I spent hours on it in trying to overcome it. Do you have any idea how hard it is for a ten year old boy to change the way he speaks? To unlearn everything he ever learned, so that one day, one day there might be the small hope that he might be considered as not comin' from Aerelon. <br />
:''(Baltar speaks with his usual accent)''<br />
: '''Baltar''': Maybe I don't know, [[Caprica]]... Caprica... oh to be Caprican, the seat of politics, culture, art, science, learning. And what was Aerelon, just a drab ugly rock condemned to be the food basket for the twelve worlds, and that's how we were treated, like servants, like laborers, like working-class. You know you would have fitted right in there Chief, lots of men who like to work with their hands, and uh, grab a pint down at the pub and...<br />
:''(Baltar again speaks with his Aerelon accent)''<br />
: '''Baltar''': ...finish off the evenin' with a good old fashioned fight. <br />
:''(Baltar returns to speaking as he normally does)''<br />
: '''Baltar''': Oh yes, I left Aerelon after my eighteenth birthday, I turned my back on my family, my heritage, all of them, of course it doesn't matter though, they're all dead now...<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
Information from the podcast:<br />
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* This episode was originally focused on [[Anastasia Dualla]] and the Saggitaron storyline that had started in "[[The Woman King]]". Story ideas that were considered included a scene where two ships within the Fleet would fire upon each other because of a conflict that dealt with the Saggitaron problem. However, it was realized that there were many hurdles and issues that had to be dealt with regards to the Saggitaron idea, and it was this episode that finally broke the storyline idea.<br />
* The stripping scene within Baltar's cell originally had Roslin completely strip Baltar of all his clothes and having the last pages of his book fall out. RDM wanted the conflicting feelings for Baltar in which he felt a victory that he did not break, but also humiliation of being completed stripped down. The actors, though, persuaded RDM that the scene would work if Baltar did maintain his dignity.<br />
* The refinery ship scene in the shop was originally a sugar processing factory that was redressed to appear as a tylium refinery. RDM goes into detail about how difficult it is to show different vessels within the Fleet simply because it would require these ships to "look right" within the Fleet.<br />
* RDM confirmed that in the [[series bible]], Baltar did in fact come from a rural community. When the story originally focused on [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]], Baltar was written to be from Sagittaron. However, once the story concept changed, RDM wanted to still keep the scene that had Dualla meet Baltar in his cell, but change Dualla with Tyrol. Because the story no longer needed a connection to the Sagittarons, Baltar's home planet was changed to Aerelon.<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
*[[Jen Halley]] as [[Seelix]]<br />
*[[David Patrick Green]] as [[Xeno Fenner]] (uncredited)<br />
*[[Don Thompson]] as [[Anthony Figurski]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Colin Lawrence]] as [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]<br />
*[[Samantha Ferris]] as [[Pollux]]<br />
*[[Wesley Salter]] as [[Redford]]<br />
*[[Colin Corrigan]] as Adama's Marine<br />
*[[Jerry Wasserman]] as [[Cabott]]<br />
*[[Bryce Hodgson]] as [[Daniel Noon]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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{{Episode list (RDM season 3)}}<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Wayne Rose]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Lay_Down_Your_Burdens,_Part_II&diff=114226Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II2007-03-24T02:38:00Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Guest Stars */ resorting, removing special guests (view top)</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image = Baltarlaydownburdensii.jpg<br />
| title= Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II<br />
| season= 2<br />
| episode= 20<br />
| guests= [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br/>[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]<br/>[[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Cavil|Brother Cavil]]<br />
| writer= [[Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br/>[[Mark Verheiden]]<br />
| story= <br />
| director= [[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating= 1.9<br />
| US airdate= 2006-04-10<br />
| UK airdate= 2006-05-16<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.5 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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:''Everything turns on its head as the survivors vote for a new president -- and vote for their fate.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
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===On Caprica===<br />
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*[[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]], the [[marines]], and the [[Caprica Resistance]] continue to take fire from [[Cylon Centurion]]s and their artillery. They make their way up a hill, and hold their position.<br />
*The Cylons hold fire, and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] remarks that the Cylons will attempt to capture them with non-lethal weapons, such as gas.<br />
*Eighteen hours later, they emerge to find that the Cylons have disappeared. [[Cavil]] -- who suddenly appears behind them -- announces that the Cylons have left the Twelve Colonies and that humanity is spared.<br />
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===In the Fleet===<br />
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*[[Cally]] is cleared for duty by [[Cottle|Dr. Cottle]], despite having her jaw wired shut. [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] visits her, apologizing for the attack. Cally forgives him, saying that she's always cared for him.<br />
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*[[Gaius Baltar|Dr. Baltar]] continues to gain in the polls. On ''[[Colonial One]]'', [[Tory_Foster|Tory]] mentions an alternative victory plan. [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] later calls a private meeting with Dr. Baltar, asking to deliver a joint statement of [[Wikipedia:Table (verb)|tabling]] the issue of colonization until after the election. Baltar rejects the idea.<br />
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*Roslin, fearing that she has indeed lost the presidential race, confronts [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] on whether he was with a copy of [[Number Six]] on Caprica before the Cylon attack. Baltar avoids answering the question and states that he may have [[Epiphanies|saved her life]], but he will not save her political life.<br />
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*[[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] returns to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' with the resistance fighters, much to the delight of Admiral [[William Adama]]. She mentions the Cylon retreat from Caprica as Brother Cavil, leaving the Raptor, confirms it. He also says he has a message, but is attacked by Chief [[Galen Tyrol]], who declares a "[[Code blue]]," claiming Cavil is a Cylon. Incensed that Caprica-Valerii did not reveal Cavil's true nature earlier, Admiral Adama orders both Caprica-Valerii and the second Cavil to the brig.<br />
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*The ''Galactica''-based Cavil (from last episode) is brought to the brig, claiming he's not a Cylon, but changes his tune upon seeing his "brother", as he calls him. Caprica-Cavil then talks about the fact that the “war heroes” ([[Caprica Six]] & [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|"Boomer" Valerii]]) have convinced their kind that the attack of the colonies and the pursuit of the fleet were mistakes. Caprica-Cavil's mission was to relay the message that man and Cylon will go their separate ways. Both Roslin and Admiral Adama are less than trusting regarding the message.<br />
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*In the brig, Caprica-Valerii is completely disillusioned and nihilistic, declaring that since her [[Hera|child's]] death, nothing -- not Adama's trust or [[Helo]]'s -- matters to her. A frustrated Helo insists that he's not giving up on her, but she seems disinclined to listen.<br />
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*Thrace and [[Anders]] are getting extremely drunk when Apollo comes in to welcome them back. Starbuck makes a snide remark about Apollo and Dualla and goes back to drunkenly making out with Anders. Apollo, clearly upset with Starbuck, leaves without saying much.<br />
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*Election Day has arrived and Baltar has an apparent five thousand-vote lead over Roslin with only a five ships left to tally. On ''Colonial One'', Foster activates her alternative victory plan with a call to ''Galactica.'' <br />
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*Amazingly, Roslin initially appears to have retained the presidency. While most are celebrating, Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]] discovers fraudulent actions in the vote, and informs the Admiral that Col. Tigh (who acts suspiciously when questioned by Gaeta) may be involved in a conspiracy to throw the election.<br />
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*Admiral Adama confronts Roslin regarding the conspiracy, saying that Tigh has confessed to rigging the vote. Roslin admits her involvement and Adama is disappointed. The Admiral indicates that, for good or bad, the people's vote must take precedence. Adama secretly buries the conspiracy itself while announcing the startling change in events to Dr. Baltar.<br />
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*Initially Baltar vows to have a full investigation on the vote count, but after Adama suggests that Baltar take his victory and leave matters be, Baltar relents and informs Adama that he can be quite generous in victory. President-elect Baltar then orders a course for “[[New Caprica]].”<br />
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*Baltar and Gina consummate their relationship after Gina informs Baltar that she would not be part of the colonization.<br />
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*[[Gaius Baltar]] is sworn in as the new President of the Twelve Colonies, and orders the immediate colonization of New Caprica.<br />
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*Gina activates the nuclear warhead [[Epiphanies|given to her by Baltar]] aboard ''[[Cloud 9]]''. The nuclear blast destroys ''Cloud 9'' and at least three other ships. Admiral Adama warns that this may be a prelude to a Cylon attack, but President Baltar ignores him and presses forward with colonization.<br />
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===One Year Later===<br />
[[image:burdens2.jpg|Thrace and Cottle on New Caprica.|thumb]]<br />
*President Baltar's administration appears to be corrupt, lax, and unresponsive. [[Felix Gaeta|Mr. Gaeta]], now the President's aide, reports issues with a worker's union. Baltar is upset, saying there have been no Cylon attacks but the people still complain. He has regressed, turning to alcohol, medication, and womanizing.<br />
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*Admiral Adama, now sporting a [[Adamastache|mustache]], walks the corridors of a near-empty ''Galactica'', which is quickly falling into disrepair. Over half of the crew have moved down onto the planet, leaving the ship so short on crew that they barely have enough pilots to fly training missions, much less form up [[Combat Air Patrol]]s. The long absence of the Cylons has left both the remaining crews aboard the [[Pegasus]] and the Galactica rusty, causing them to take a long time to go to [[Action Stations]]. Adama asks Tigh to retire from duty to join his [[Ellen Tigh|wife]] on the planet. Tigh reluctantly agrees.<br />
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*[[Samuel Anders|Anders]], now Thrace's husband, has pneumonia. Dr. Cottle is unable to treat Anders because there are no [[antibiotics]] available. He can only advise Thrace to make sure Anders gets enough rest in order to recover.<br />
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*Thrace runs into the Tighs as [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]], now a union boss, is making a speech to begin a strike, with a very pregnant Cally by his side. Col. Tigh mentions to Thrace that ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' keeps a store of backup medical supplies and that Commander [[Lee Adama]] might spring some for her. Thrace disagrees, which prompts Tigh to state that Lee Adama should be over her harsh neglect of Adama's friendship after Anders' arrival a year before.<br />
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*Roslin returns to her teaching roots, teaching the settlement's children, and manages to find enjoyment in her new position. [[Maya]] is with her, as is the now one year-old "[[Hera|Isis]]".<br />
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*Thrace calls Commander Lee Adama aboard ''Pegasus'' to request the antibiotics. [[Dualla]], ostensibly the ''Pegasus'' [[XO]], notices something on [[DRADIS]], to her horror. <br />
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*A massive fleet of [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s arrive in orbit around New Caprica. The Adamas discuss what to do in response, with Lee initially advocating that the remains of the orbiting Fleet [[FTL|jump]] away. Admiral Adama initially resists, but orders the Jump, vowing that they will return. <br />
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*A [[Leoben Conoy]]-model [[Humanoid Cylon]] shows up at Thrace and Anders' tent, where he asks an ailing Anders about where to find Thrace.<br />
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*Mr. Gaeta informs the President of the Cylon approach. Later, before his assembled staff, copies of Numbers [[Number Five|5]], [[Number Eight|8]], and [[Number Six|6]] approach the President. The Cylons declare that as long as there’s no resistance, no harm will come. President Baltar, after learning that the Cylons discovered New Caprica because of the nuclear explosion set off by Gina, declares surrender on behalf of the colonists. As Cylon armies occupy the planet, Thrace vows to resist.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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*Who is Baltar's Vice President? ([[Exodus, Part I|Answer]])<br />
*Has Gaeta's view of Baltar changed since Baltar's ascension to the presidency? If so, is Gaeta planning to do anything about it? ([[Exodus, Part II|Answer]])<br />
*Was Roslin's threat to put the two Cavils into space actually carried out? <br />
*Where did the remains of the Fleet escape to?<br />
*Where is Caprica-Valerii? ([[Occupation|Answer]])<br />
*Why is Leoben looking for Starbuck, specifically? ([[Occupation|Answer]])<br />
*Why has the population (until Tyrol's recent union speech) accepted Baltar's imperious rule? People were hardly so passive under Roslin. Indeed, Adama executed a [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|military coup]] over a rather less important issue than giving a nuclear weapon to a Cylon. <br />
*What were the workers being asked to do which was so "odious", "so sick[ening] at heart" that Tyrol was willing to call a general strike, and so important to Baltar that he was willing to use illegal imprisonment to break it?<br />
*Baltar surrenders to copies of Humanoid Cylons Six and Eight. Are these agents the reincarnated [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|"Boomer" Valerii]]? (see [[#Analysis|Analysis]])<br />
*If "Galactica-Sharon" is present on New Caprica, will she attempt to rekindle ties with Tyrol? If she does, what kind of effect will that have on his relationship with Cally? (see "[[Occupation]]" and "[[Precipice]]")<br />
*Where did the Cylon fleets go, after they left the Twelve Colonies? Cavil was deliberately vague when asked if they simply returned to the [[Cylon homeworld]].<br />
*Why didn't the nuclear device trigger the radiological alarms on either battlestar?<br />
*How many people died in ''Cloud 9'''s destruction? (See the "Precipice" section of [[Survivor Count]])<br />
*Were the Quorum of Twelve killed on ''Cloud Nine''?<br />
*Were [[Shevon]] and [[Paya]] killed on ''Cloud Nine''?<br />
*When Gina was instantly vaporized due to being only two feet from a nuclear detonation, did she still transmit her consciousness? Was she even capable of transmitting considering that any internal hardware responsible for this task would have been instantly destroyed? (see [[#Analysis|Analysis]])<br />
*Given Roslin's memories of Baltar with Six, why didn't Admiral Adama suspect Baltar of handing over the nuclear warhead to the cylons? If he did suspect him, why not act on it? (see [[#Analysis|Analysis]])<br />
*Did Baltar's internal Six disappear at any point during the New Caprica year? If so, when and why? If so, did the events of her disappearance contribute to Baltar's regression?<br />
*Why was it so easy for Adama to hide the collusion of the rigged election from the press, and why were there no consequences?<br />
*If the Cylons really left the Twelve Colonies, leaving behind a nuked-out wasteland, what happened to all of the human captives in the [[farms]]?<br />
*Why have the Cylons returned after suggesting that they were willing to go their "separate ways"?<br />
*Will the Cylons resume their pursuit of the Fleet?<br />
*How many people are left in the Fleet? (see [[Survivor count]])<br />
*Have the remaining ships in the defense fleet been armed during the past year?<br />
*Will the Adamas resort to Cain's tactic of conscripting civilians to fill the gaps?<br />
*What happened between Apollo and Starbuck? ([[Unfinished Business|Answer]])<br />
*What led to Starbuck's reconciliation with Col. Tigh? The two had been in conflict since the [[Miniseries]], what led them to bury the hatchet and become the close friends they now appear to be?<br />
*Has it become public knowledge that Baltar killed [[Crashdown]] on [[Kobol]]? Now that Chief and Cally are Baltar's open adversaries they could attempt to use this information against him.<br />
*When Adama informs Baltar that the nuke used to blow up ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' was probably stolen from Baltar's lab, why is he not suspicious about the fact that Baltar never reported that it was missing? Had it really been stolen from his lab, he would surely notice.<br />
*Are the Cylons that appear at the end representative of the whole Cylon race, or are they a faction that broke off after the two "Cylon Heroes" began to speak out against the war on the humans?<br />
*If it is true that the Cylons now believe the attack on humanity was a mistake, is the occupation on New Caprica viewed by the Cylons as an act of mercy and kindness vs. oppression from the human perspective? (see [[#Analysis|Analysis]])<br />
*Could it be the intent of the Cylons to actually help the colonization of New Caprica, helping with the construction of infrastructure, new homes, etc., in order to make up for the holocaust? (see [[#Analysis|Analysis]])<br />
**Could the Cylons be fortifying New Caprica to protect the humans from hostile Cylons? There should still be some, that Number Three in "Downloaded" was pretty fanatical, and if the political winds have changed as they so often do...<br />
**Is there a Cylon civil "cold" war?<br />
**Could the occupation of New Caprica be a compromise between pro-human and anti-human factions, with war breaking out between them after it fails?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*According to Ron Moore's podcast, the events of "One Year Later" are real and were meant to solidify to the audience that the show is taking a path that cannot be reversed. In order to make the colonization of New Caprica real, Moore felt that the show would need to jump ahead in a span of year to show that indeed Baltar has followed through with his political promise.<br />
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*The events of the Cylon invasion of New Caprica parallel the German invasion of France, with the Fleet's escape a parallel to the Allied evacuation of Dunkirk and Baltar's surrender a parallel to Petain's surrender. The Cylons marching into New Caprica City is also reminiscent of German troops marching into Paris. If the parallel continues, Baltar will establish a puppet regime under Cylon rule akin to [[Wikipedia:Vichy France|Vichy France]] while Colonials still loyal to humanity will establish a resistance movement.Ron Moore has actually said in the podcast for this episode that it is inspired by Vichy France.<br />
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*Baltar's arrogance seems to have led to corrupt rule during his year on New Caprica; he replaces Roslin's modest desk with a more elaborate one, replaces the population count whiteboard with a portrait of himself, and keeps a harem aboard the grounded ''Colonial One''.<br />
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*After a year, everyone still lives in tents. Shortages of medicine abound, the military is of no use, and labor conditions are apparently intolerable. Baltar's administration is apparently as incompetent as Roslin feared, when she said he was ridiculously unqualified and had no idea how to be president. <br />
**It is not clear whether these conditions are the result of administrative incompetence or the inherent difficulties of colonizing a marginally habitable planet.<br />
***Of course, it was Baltar's idea to settle on a marginally habitable planet in the first place.<br />
***Tory Foster points out that Baltar was winning the election because he was "holding out hope for breathing real air, growing real food, sleeping in a bed instead of a bunk. Living in a house instead of a ship". Hopefully the irony of this wasn't lost on Baltar voters who even a full year later are sleeping in hammocks and living in tents.<br />
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*It's ironic that the obligations of duty keep Lee Adama aboard ''Pegasus'' while everyone else goes planet-side. He is a reserve officer, and promised to build his pilots a bar as soon as they found a habitable planet.<br />
**It's possible the bar was built.<br />
**A bar area is seen in "[[Unfinished Business]]".<br />
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*In the podcast for "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" Moore commented on how everyone assumed that ''Pegasus'' would be destroyed by the end of the episode, and thus he thought it would be a good twist to keep ''Pegasus'' alive as another ship in the Fleet. Speculators mistakenly assumed that the nuke that Baltar gave to Gina in "[[Epiphanies]]" would be used to destroy ''Pegasus'' (keeping in tune with the assumed destruction of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series']] ''[[Pegasus (TOS)|Pegasus'']]).<br />
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*Twenty-nine people died between this episode and the preceding one. One or two Raptors were lost, and some Marines died on Caprica, but that doesn't seem high enough.<br />
**Perhaps more people died during the attack on Caprica than shown.<br />
**The people rescued from Caprica could offset any losses incurred during the mission.<br />
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* The Cylons were slightly over a light year away, according to the Number Five at the surrender. The radiation from the nuclear explosion on ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' would, of course, only be traveling at the speed of light. There is inconclusive evidence whether the Cylon download process is limited to the speed of light or not. While it is likely that it is, an FTL capability in this area would indicate that [[Gina]] didn't manage to download. It should be noted that comments by the writers and subsequent episodes point out that she is truly dead.<br />
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*The population of New Caprica City is given as 39,192. There were just under 50,000 people in the Fleet before establishing the settlement, so that gives a figure of roughly 10,000 accounting for the deaths on ''Cloud Nine'' and the people remaining on the ships in orbit. At this point it can't be determined how many people died as the result of the nuclear explosion.<br />
**Later it is established, that roughly 2,000 people escaped on the civilian ships and that both battlestars were at half-strength. This makes it possible to put the casualties of the explosion at about 5,700 to 6,200. See the "Precipice" section of [[Survivor Count]] for details.<br />
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*Any "industrial" vessels - such as the mining ships, tanker ships, repair ships, agricultural ships - would have landed on the planet and been debarked, dismantled, or converted to form the foundation for industrial efforts. Some of the vessels in the Fleet that left [[Ragnar Anchorage]] weren't designed for prolonged interstellar journeys, and were basically running on a hope and a prayer, and would have been rendered promptly upon finding a more permanent home. The nineteen-or-so ships seen are, more than likely, the last space-worthy vessels in the fleet that are not needed (or capable of landing) planet-side.<br />
**After a year, people are still living in tents and using landed ships as buildings, so it doesn't look like much has been dismantled or converted into raw production. Other than the miners, who are apparently extremely unhappy at how things have been run, we see little evidence of industry or production over the year.<br />
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*Apparently, Thrace's comments about Lee Adama and Dualla have taken their toll on their relationship. Whether the comments escalated is unknown, but, from Dualla's expression of annoyance when she hands the receiver to Adama when Thrace calls, it is clear that the three never reconciled with each other (See "[[Unfinished Business]]" for the answer).<br />
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*The Six and Eight that are part of the Cylon delegation that greets Baltar's cabinet are almost certainly [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|"Boomer" Valerii]]. This is implied from Six's reaction upon seeing Baltar and her intimation that she knew who Baltar was. The two are also wearing the exact same clothes as in "[[Downloaded]]."<br />
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*In the Season 3 trailer that followed the end of the episode, Six narrates, saying that humanity has finally surrendered and the war is over. According to Six, the Cylons can finally fulfill their "''true destiny''" and take care of humanity. They desire to show humanity the "''glory of peace''," mercy; like God, their mercy can only be matched by their power and complete control. So apparently, the war heroes have indeed changed the Cylons' prejudices toward humans, but unfortunately this also means that the Cylons believe that the only way to care for humanity is to control it.<br />
**This narrative sounds more like Baltar's internal Six (superior, controlling, zealous) than Caprica-Six (more of a people person).<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* According to Ron Moore's podcast, although the SciFi Channel was willing to air this episode as a 90-minute special, there also exists an 60-minute version for international distribution. In some markets outside of the United States, viewers might only see the 1 hour version of the episode, which Moore regards as "almost incomprehensible". Many plot threads, such as the entire Cally/Tyrol subplot, were completely removed for the one hour version.<br />
**In the United Kingdom, Sky One showed the episode as a 90 minute special.<br />
**In Latin America, as aired by TNT LA, the 90 minute special was shown as well.<br />
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*Admiral Adama watches [[Pyramid]] games and was a fan of the [[Picon Panthers]].<br />
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*In RDM's podcast for the previous episode, he said that in early drafts of this special 90 minute long episode, the writers actually tried to make it a 2 hour special, but this was soon dropped (these times are including commercials).<br />
*The election board appears to have a definitive list of the names of all of the ships in [[The Fleet (RDM)]]. Not all of them are clearly visible, but this means that the writers do have an actual list that they get new ship names from.<br />
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*The framed photo of President Roslin and [[Billy Keikeya]] is still on Roslin's desk during the election.<br />
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*When Roslin "won" the rigged election results, Roslin received 24,265 votes, while Baltar recieved 22,266. This means that the eligible voters in the Fleet number at least 46,531. In the podcast, RDM explains that he quickly came up with these numbers, to try to reflect roughly how many survivors are below the voting age.<br />
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*Toward the end of the episode, President Baltar refers to a government body called the "People's Council". This may be the proportionally elected lower house mentioned by RDM in his [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000016 blog post] on January 30, 2005.<br />
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*[[Hera]] is seen on New Caprica in the same white cradle that Baltar had a vision of her being in in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]] and "[[Scattered]]". According to RDM's podcast it is actually the exact same cradle.<br />
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*Tyrol's union speech is an almost word for word quote of Mario Savio's address during the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley in 1964. According to Ron Moore and David Eick in the podcast, they even got permission from Savio's widow to use it (even though, due to the way copyright laws work from back then, they could have just used it without permission, they felt they should get it). As a result, it's even listed in the credits: "Mario Savio speech excerpted courtesy of: Lynne Hollander Savio". Actor Aaron Douglas (Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]) actually studied film of Savio, so all of the hand gestures Tyrol makes when he gives the speech are gestures that Savio actually used.<br />
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*Baltar's portrait of himself does not have the 'cut corners' as seen in almost all other papers and photos in the show. Neither do the other framed pictures in the presidential office aboard ''Colonial One'', nor the papers in the classroom on New Caprica.<br />
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*[[:md:Image:Wtfk1tn.jpg|Visible]] on the blackboard of Roslin's school are the French verbs ''aller'', ''avoir'', and ''être''. Either English isn't the only language spoken on the Twelve Colonies, or this might be a goof by the set designers trying to make it look more like a generic school.<br />
**French has appeared in the show before. In "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", Six uses the French word for momentum or surge, ''élan''. In "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", Captain [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]] uses the phrase ''esprit de corps''.<br />
**There are also [[:Image:Chinese_characters.png|Chinese ideograms]] in an episode of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance|The Resistance]]'' webisodes.<br />
* The story of the Fleet settling on New Caprica and being overrun by the Cylons is eerily similar to the story of the first episode of [[Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|Singer and DeSanta's revival attempt]]. The shot of Roslin teaching kids the history of the Colonies is also a, possibly unintentional, reference to that.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*''After being uncovered as a Cylon upon on arrival from Caprica:'' <br />
:'''Brother Cavil''': Well, this is an awkward moment…. Yes, he's right, I'm a Cylon. And I have a message. So…take me to your leader.<br />
:'''Admiral Adama''': Take him to the brig.<br />
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*''After arrest on Galactica:''<br />
:'''Brother Cavil''': Would you mind telling me what's going on? I'm not a frakking Cylon, I'm not…(sees the other Cavil from Caprica in the cell)…oh. Well, okay then.<br />
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*''On Caprica during the fight with the Cylons:''<br />
:'''Anders:''' You got any great ideas in that military brain of yours?<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' Do the same thing we always do; fight 'em 'till we can't.<br />
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*''After the Cylons occupy New Caprica:''<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' What do you want to do now, Captain?<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' The same thing we always do. Fight them until we can't.<br />
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*''Number Six heralds the Cylons' arrival to Baltar:''<br />
:'''Number Six:''' Judgment day.<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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From the official site (http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/):<br />
When Baltar wins the vote, Roslin considers stealing the election because she believes he is a Cylon collaborator.<br />
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RDM's blog ([http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/03/#a000409 March 28, 2006]) gives details. (''Due to article size requirements, the blog entry is not reproduced here.'')<br />
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=== Interviews ===<br />
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* '''[[Paul Campbell]] discussess his thoughts on the story post-"[[Sacrifice]]":'''<br />
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:'''MB/TSFW:''' So what do you think about the story after you left, and the trouble [[Mary McDonnell|Mary]]’s [[Laura Roslin|character]] got herself into? After your [[Tory Foster|replacement]] came in she kind of had a fall there. Do you think that would have happened if you were still there to watch her back?<br />
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: '''Paul:''' You know, I don’t know if they could have. [[Billy Keikeya|Billy]] had so much integrity, that under his watch, I don’t think that would have happened. And maybe he would have had to step down, and Mary would have gone about that route with someone else. But I don’t think if he would have been in the picture, that would have gone down. Because that’s some shady crap, and I don’t think it would have cut it. We obviously butted heads on a few things like that in the past. In particular when I ended up leaving her at the ship. As it turned out, I had another pilot to go shoot. As it turned out, it was more my schedule that didn’t work out, but it worked in the writing. But no, I don’t think that would have flown had I been in the picture. So I don’t know what they would have done. I’m sure that was the story line from the beginning, but how they would have worked me into it, I don’t really know. [http://mediablvd.com/magazine/index.php?option=com_magazine&func=show_article&id=84 MediaBlvd]<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Aaron Doral]]<br />
*[[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
*[[Alisen Down]] as [[Jean Barolay]]<br />
*[[Erica Cerra]] as [[Maya]]<br />
*[[Winston Rekert]] as Priest<br />
*[[David Kaye]] as [[James McManus]]<br />
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| image = Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I.jpg<br />
| title= Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I<br />
| season= 2<br />
| episode= 19<br />
| guests= [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br/>[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]<br/>[[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Cavil|Brother Cavil]]<br />
| writer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<br />
| story= <br />
| goof= Y<br />
| director= [[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating= 1.8<br />
| US airdate= 2006-03-03<br />
| UK airdate= 2006-05-09<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.5 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 49579<br />
| oldpopulation= 49579<br />
| prev= [[Downloaded]]<br />
| next= [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]<br />
| podcast= Y<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''As the presidential election looms just weeks away, the accidental discovery of a habitable planet sparks debate in the Fleet: Colonize? Or keep seeking Earth? Meanwhile, [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] leads a rescue mission of Raptors back to [[The_Twelve_Colonies_%28RDM%29#Caprica|Caprica]] to save [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and his resistance''.<br />
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== Summary == <br />
*[[William Adama|Adama]] has finally given [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] the go-ahead to plan a rescue mission to [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Caprica]]. On [[Pegasus (RDM)|''Pegasus'']], she lays out their plan: they will use ''all'' of their remaining [[Raptor]]s — 20 in all — and use the navigation computer/organ from one of the captured [[Heavy Raider]]s to calculate the jumps back to Caprica. Using this, they can make it back to Caprica in a series of 10 jumps. They will go undetected when they reach Caprica by making a risky jump to just a few klicks above the surface, within the atmosphere itself, below [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[DRADIS]]. Their biggest obstacle to doing this was actually interfacing with the Heavy Raider's navigation "computer", but now they will take [[Sharon Agathon]] along in Starbuck's Raptor with it; Sharon will directly interface with the computer (by inserting a fiber-optic cable into her arm, like she did in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]").<br />
*The presidential election is two weeks away, and [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] is ahead in the polls. The only real arguments that [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] has against her that give him any ground are when he accuses her of pandering to the religious fundamentalists (i.e. her recent policy switch on abortion) and guiding the Fleet based on the scriptures alone. Conferring with his campaign manager [[Tom Zarek]] in his lab, Baltar realizes he'll need more than this to turn the fleet againt Roslin. Meanwhile, Roslin is doing a little rehearsal ritual for the presidential debate with Adama in his quarters.<br />
*On the hangar deck, [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] is sleeping on the floor and twitching convulsively, having a nightmare. [[Cally]] searches around the deck to find him, and is confused by the sight when she finds him. Cally tried to wake Tyrol up, but snapping right out of his nightmare he attacks Cally, punching her in the face until she is a bloody pulp and unconscious. Realizing where he is and what's going on, Tyrol is horrified, and carries Cally in his arms to sickbay. <br />
*Shocked by his attack on Cally, Chief Tyrol asks for religious counselling, and meets with a priest named [[Cavil|Brother Cavil]]. Tyrol explains that it is because he doesn't believe that psychoanalysis works, but is himself a very [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|religious]] man. Cavil is somewhat loose and sarcastic in his counseling, leaving Tyrol a little pertubed and confused. Cavil tells Tyrol that he must look for the problem in himself and questions Tyrol, and when Tyrol denies that he has been having disturbing dreams, Cavil can see through it, so Tyrol relents.<br />
*[[Lee Adama|Apollo]] has conflicting feelings about Starbuck's mission to rescue Anders, but wishes her good luck in finding him.<br />
*[[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Sharon Agathon]] travel in Starbuck's Raptor. Sharon is still deeply depressed about her daughter [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]'s apparent death, and has been shutting herself out. Helo tells her that he won't let her do that and won't give up on her. Sharon tells him that she has the feeling that something bad will happen in the future; not on the mission to Caprica, but something else.<br />
*On the very first jump out of the series of ten, [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]]'s Raptor jumps to the wrong set of coordinates. Starbuck's orders were to keep going ahead until they lose 3 Raptors, so they continue on, while Racetrack prepares to follow her orders to return to [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']] if separated. <br />
*For weeks, Tyrol has been having the recurring dream that he walks onto the upper level of the hangar deck, climbs over the railing and commits suicide himself by jumping to his death. Cavil says it is because Tyrol has a subconscious desire to kill himself. Tyrol explains that he has had the gnawing worry since [[Sharon Valerii]] died that he might himself be a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon]]. Sharon Valerii never really knew she was a Cylon, even up to the point that she died, but reported strange fears that something bad was going to happen and she had to stop herself: how would Tyrol, or anyone else, really ''know'' if they were a Cylon sleeper agent or not? Tyrol is frightened by the prospect.<br />
*Racetrack's Raptor jumped into the middle of a gas cloud with a lot of interference, and upon clearing it, a new planet is found. Scanners indicate that it is a human-habitable planet. She returns to ''Galactica'' with news of the discovery.<br />
*The crew goes over the scans from the planet; it can sustain human life and subsequent scouting shows that in contains animal and vegetative life; they could indeed settle here. However, it is a cold world and somewhat harsh; only a temperate band around the equator covering about 20% of the surface would be habitable. After some prodding from [[Six]], Baltar and Zarek realize that they can use this as their wedge issue to turn the people against Roslin: offer them permament settlement on this planet.<br />
*[[Tory Foster|Tory]] goes over new poll numbers with Roslin on ''[[Colonial One]]'': Baltar has been gaining ground with his new offer to stop running from the Cylons and stay here. The planet is hidden by interference from the gas clouds, and many people want to stop their constant run in the refugee fleet. Roslin points out that if the Colonials could find the planet, the Cylons could just as easily. Tory points out that Baltar is pandering to the people's hopes, while Roslin is pointing out the bitter truth that they simply don't want to hear; people will vote their hopes.<br />
*Cavil assured Tyrol that he is not a Cylon, sarcastically quipping that he knows because he is a Cylon himself, and hasn't seen Tyrol at any of the meetings. Tyrol feels ashamed to go back to the hangar deck crew after the accident, but Cavil assures him that they're the only family he has left, and they love him, especially Cally.<br />
*At the final presidential debate, Baltar's charisma and hopes of finally giving up their run from the Cylons starts to pull him ahead in the polls, and Roslin's warnings that this planet is not safe and determination to keep searching for Earth do not gain wide support. Baltar apparently wins the final debate. Roslin tells him to go frak himself.<br />
*The rescue mission makes the final jump to Caprica. [[Raptor 612]] is lost because it jumps right into the middle of a mountain. The remaining Raptors continue on, then Starbuck, Helo, Sharon and the marines continue on foot.<br />
*One klick away from the resistance's base camp, they see movement, and find [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and his whole group. Starbuck is overjoyed to see him, but Anders warns that the Cylons are right behind them; the resistance's base was ambushed that morning, and half of Anders' men are dead. <br />
*The [[Colonial Marine Corps|marines]] and [[Caprica Resistance]] members start coming under Cylon artillery fire. After running briefly, they reach a point where the arc of the artillery shells is right above them, and cannot hit them. However, the artillery's killzone is now between them and retreat back to the Raptors. To be continued...<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*If Raptor 612 is destroyed by jumping into a mountain, how is their transponder still operational? (see [[#Analysis|Analysis]])<br />
*Does the Fleet have the resources to sustain long term settlements on the newly found planet? Even if ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' themselves were recycled, would there be enough materials, or would the battlestars still be necessary for orbital defence? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer]])<br />
*Zarek says the people have been cooped up in metal boxes since the attack. How literally does he mean this—for instance, are people living inside converted cargo holds as they were in the Original Series? Or does he just meant being stuck inside of cramped ships in general, i.e. even the ''Galactica'' crew (who have dedicated crew quarters)?<br />
*Roslin states that Baltar does not have a key issue besides the "religious angle." What about the abortion issue from "[[The Captain's Hand]]"? (see [[#Analysis|Analysis]])<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*Timeline:<br />
**According to [[Six]], on the night of the first debate the election is still "two weeks away".<br />
**At the beginning of the first debate, [[James McManus]] states Baltar declared his bid for presidency a month ago. This took place at the end of "[[The Captain's Hand]]".<br />
**Zarek states that the people of the fleet have been "cooped up in metal boxes for nine months", putting this episode not long after "[[Downloaded]]" around Day 270.<br />
**At the conclusion of the second debate, the polls will open in three days.<br />
**It appears to take the Raptors 10 days to make the trip back to Caprica. Not enough is known yet about the vagaries of Colonial FTL drives and computers to explain why it should take so long.<br />
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*[[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] is apparently assigned to ''Pegasus'' at present, since Dualla refers to her mission as the "Pegasus survey team".<br />
**She could have been flying a ''Pegasus'' Raptor. <br />
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*[[Lee Adama]] is now wearing a wristwatch, probably [[Barry Garner]]'s from "[[The Captain's Hand]]".<br />
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*It is safe to emerge from a hyperspace jump inside a planetary atmosphere at 2km, but not within solid rock. For comparative purposes, the density of air at 2km in an earth-like atmosphere is about 1 kg/m<sup>3</sup>, while the density of silica rock is about 2,600 kg/m<sup>3</sup>.<br />
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*When Tyrol's counseling with Cavil is coming to an end, Cavil notes to Tyrol that Cally "especially" loves him. Tyrol is apparently oblivious to this obvious fact up to that point.<br />
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*In this episode they refer to "the captured Heavy Raider", singular. This would imply that only the one Starbuck brought back from Caprica in "[[Home, Part I]]" is still functional at all, and the one that crashed into ''Galactica'' in "[[Scattered]]" was damaged beyond salvage or repair.<br />
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*The pro-settlement faction seems to assume that Humanoid Cylons still hiding within the Fleet will not be able to contact the Cylon fleet to track the Colonials, in particular in view of the shielding afforded by the gas cloud near New Caprica.<br />
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*When [[Raptor 612]] jumps into the mountain, it jumps '''into''' the mountain. RDM confirms in the podcast that by "jumped into the mountain" it doesn't mean "they jumped close to it and thus crashed", it means, exactly like a ''Star Trek'' transporter accident, that they materialized from the jump into solid rock, "half-phased".<br />
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*The "''religious''" angle that Baltar is using is based on the abortion issue. The banning of abortion by Roslin was two-folded. First, it was meant to prevent any action that would hinder the growth of humanity's population. Second, it was meant to mollify the religious faction, who objected to abortion on dogmatic grounds.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*This episode is part of the [[Season two timeline discontinuity]]. <br />
*The re-cap for this episode includes scenes not actually shown in previous episodes—for instance, Starbuck demanding to the dying Roslin circa "[[Epiphanies]]" that they go back and rescue the Caprica resistance.<br />
*Roslin's comment to Baltar after the last presidential debate, "Why don't you go frak yourself", is likely inspired by the [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3699-2004Jun24.html incident] on June 22, 2004 in the US Senate, when Vice President [[Wikipedia:Dick Cheney|Dick Cheney]] told Senator [[Wikipedia:Patrick Leahy|Patrick Leahy]] to "go fuck yourself". <br />
*When Baltar sarcastically quips that Zarek (and Six) expect him to just sit around and wait for "The Hand of God" to deliver them something they can use to their advantage against Roslin, he is of course referencing the previous episode titled "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]". Ironically, Baltar considers himself the hand of God in that episode. Further, a "chance serendipitous event" (namely the discovery of an inhabitable planet) does deliver them something they can use against Roslin.<br />
*Likewise, when Apollo wishes Starbuck "good hunting", there's a tone of concern, and he seems to pause before saying it, as if Apollo meant to say something else but changed his mind. This may be a reference to "[[33]]", when Starbuck tells Apollo to say "good hunting" instead of "be careful out there".<br />
*This episode has many parallels to "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" and "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Part II]]": the discovery of an inhabitable planet, Gaeta plotting a Raptor jump dangerously close to a planet surface, Starbuck's use of captured Cylon technology to return to Caprica, the intercutting of several plot threads in the teaser, a character contemplating suicide out of fear of being a Cylon, and difficulties between Helo and Sharon Agathon. In addition, Tyrol's assault of Cally is something of a parallel to Helo shooting Sharon Agathon in "Kobol's Last Gleaming"—in both cases, a man driven to rage physically and emotionally wounds a woman who loves him.<br />
*When Lt. Gaeta takes his shirt off in the washroom, his tiger tattoo from "[[Final Cut]]" can be seen.<br />
*The combined Colonial fleet has 20 Raptors in this episode, of which 1 is destroyed before the end. Previously, ''Galactica'' is confirmed to have at least 5 left ([[The Farm]]), with the suggestion that there may be as many as 8 ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]). Doubtlessly, ''Pegasus'' brought at least an equal number of Raptors with it when it joined the Fleet, but 20 is still a high number for this. Perhaps a disproportionately large number of Raptors escaped to [[Ragnar Anchorage]] during the [[Miniseries]]. Unlike Vipers, Raptors do have FTL drives. Boomer and Helo actually escaped the destruction of their Viper squadron, because Raptors do not engage in frontline combat, and because they have an extenstive ECM suite which Helo was trying to jam the Cylon virus signal with. Indeed, [[Crashdown]] was a Raptor ECO, but Boomer stated that he was not from ''Galactica'', but a refugee "from Triton" (a battlestar). Or perhaps like in real life with American Nimitz class aircraft carriers that carry a larger number of fighter aircraft compared to older Forrestal class carriers, ''Pegasus'', being a larger and more modern battlestar than ''Galactica'', it has the capability to carry a larger complement of Raptors. <br />
**Also, more Raptors could have been built with extra materials after the Viper squadrons were manufactured ([[Scar]]). <br />
*The jump error that lands the Raptor in the nebula is attributed to a "firmware error" by the crew. This may be an indication that there was a firmware upgrade to deal with the increased FTL jump distances provided by the Cylon computer.<br />
*When Cavil is consoling Tyrol's fears that he might unknowingly be a Cylon sleeper agent, just like Boomer was, Tyrol asks him how he can know for sure. Cavil sarcastically answers that it's because maybe he's a Cylon, and he hasn't seen Tyrol at any of the meetings: Number Six also sarcastically remarked to Baltar in the Miniseries that [[Aaron Doral]] could not be a Cylon, because she hadn't "seen him at any of the good Cylon parties"...but of course, Doral actually ''was'' a Cylon, implying that Cavil is truly more than he seems.<br />
*Tory actually paraphrases the title of this episode aloud, saying that the new planet offers people in the Fleet the hope that they can "lay down their burdens" and stop running. The phrase also appears in D'anna Bier's documentary in "[[Final Cut]]".<br />
*During the premiere airing of this episode on the Sci-Fi Channel, before the Teaser segment a "Parental Discretion Is Advised" black and white message was inserted. At the end of the Teaser, Tyrol beats Cally to a bloody pulp.<br />
*Lee Adama is now wearing a new uniform as Commander of ''Pegasus'': it is a Commander's uniform, denoted by the new red trim (with gold inner trim), and it has a white "''Pegasus'' BSG-62" patch, replacing his old gold "''Galactica'' BSG-75" patch.<br />
*Dualla's photo of Adama is the left half of a group shot with Kara Thrace and his brother Zak Adama. The original belongs to Thrace, and she has kept it in her locker on ''Galactica'' since the Miniseries.<br />
*Dualla refers to "rivers of milk and honey" on the newly discovered planet. The phrase "land of milk and honey" is a common epithet for the promised land in the Torah, appearing in Exodus 3:8, 3:17, 13:5, 33:3, Leviticus 20:24, Number 13:27, 14:8, 16:13-14, and Deuteronomy 6:3.<br />
*Commander Lee Adama is seen eating noodles with chopsticks in his quarters, just like his father in "[[33]]", etc. <br />
*In the podcast, RDM states that originally instead of Starbuck, Helo, and Sharon leading the other Raptors in another Raptor, they would have been flying in the captured Heavy Raider itself. However, the 2 part season finale went overbudget and cuts had to be made, and the cost of building the Heavy Raider interior was deemed prohibitively expensive. Thus, they bring the Heavy Raider computer/organ with them in a normal Raptor. Moore said he believed that fans "wouldn't miss" an actual appearance by the Heavy Raider.<br />
*Col. [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] appears in this epsiode twice but doesn't speak a single line.<br />
*This is the first time since the [[Miniseries]] that Helo is seen fulfilling his duties as an [[ECO]].<br />
*Apollo quips that if they find a habitable planet, he'll build the pilots a bar on it. Actor Jamie Bamber has said in interviews that part of Apollo's backstory is that he didn't know what he was going to do with his life; he's in the Colonial Fleet reserves, not a full-career commitment, etc. He said that right before the attack, Apollo was supposed to be considering leaving the service and just openning up a bar somewhere.<br />
*Actress [[Leah Cairns]] said in an [http://podcasts.lvrocks.com/details.aspx?castid=5 interview] on June 27th, 2006 that a fan, [[User:Sabaceanbabe|Sabaceanbabe]], wrote a short fanfiction romance story (located [http://sabaceanbabe.livejournal.com/38792.html here], scroll down to part 5) on the messageboards between [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] and Helo, and she decided to work it into her character's backstory: Cairns plays her scenes as if Racetrack is attracted to Helo and jealous of Sharon Agathon. Tahmoh Penikett is aware of this and when playing Helo recognizes this, though he is not attracted to her and loves Sharon. In the opening scene of this episode, when Sharon Agathon is brought into the ''Pegasus'' pilot briefing room (essentially the only time in the series so far in which Racetrack, Helo, and Sharon Agathon were in the same scene), Cairns asked director Michael Rymer if they could film a few extra shots working in these elements she had developed for her backstory, and he agreed, so several extra shots were filmed for this scene: after Helo walks over to Sharon, Racetrack looks jealously at them and Helo notices while Sharon doesn't. These shots were filmed, but were removed in the editing room. They might appear in the Season 2.5 DVD extras.<br />
*Ron Moore co-hosted the podcast commentary for this episode with his wife [[Terry Dresbach]].<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*''Laura Roslin is preparing for the presidential debate''<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' This is what I do, I memorize the talking point, then tear the card…let the pieces fall as they may. It helps.<br />
:'''William Adama:''' Yeah, my father used to break pencils before going into court, and then borrow one from the clerk. "Break preconceptions, work with what you have."<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' You know, I like that. Let me see…:''<br />
:''Laura breaks a pencil''<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' That's good…. But what happens if the moderator doesn't have a pencil?<br />
:'''William Adama:''' Then you're pretty screwed.<br />
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*''Brother Cavil explains to Chief Tyrol the "value" of prayer:''<br />
:'''Brother Cavil:''' Do you know how useless prayer is? Chanting, and singing, and mucking about with old half-remembered lines of bad poetry? And you know what it gets you? Exactly nothing.<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' Are you sure you're a priest?<br />
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*''Chief Tyrol is worried that like'' Galactica''-Sharon, he could just as well be another Cylon sleeper agent:''<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' How do you know I'm human?<br />
:'''Brother Cavil:''' Oh, well, maybe because I'm a Cylon and I've never seen you at any of the meetings.<br />
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*''Baltar and Zarek discuss campaign strategy''<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' I'm not sure if you're aware, [[Tom Zarek|Tom]], but the mob isn't usually in the habit of electing ungodly apostates who denegrate people of faith.<br />
:'''Tom Zarek:''' Things are gonna turn around. You'll see.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' What is that, advice? Well, thank you for your ''keen'' insight, your ''astounding'' political acumen. You know, I'm so assured right now, Tom, I'm just going to sit right back and wait for the hand of God to reach down and change my political fortunes!<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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*''In an interview in issue #197 of TV Zone, James Callis (Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]) said:'' "[T]he arrival of the ''Pegasus'' has helped galvanize our characters into who they are and who they’re trying to be. These later episodes [in Season 2] also further drive home the fact that the Galactica’s crew could be exterminated by its own kind, meaning that Humans are potentially far more terrifying an enemy than perhaps the Cylons."<br />
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=== From RDM's blog ([http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/03/#a000409 March 28, 2006]) ===<br />
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* '''"Why is the fleet so concerned [about] [[Government|elections]]? They are running for their lives, so I would think holding elections would be the least of their problems."'''<br />
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: I felt right from the beginning that question of who was in charge and how a democratic society would deal with this situation was one of the fundamental questions of the show. If democracy means anything, it means that people get to decide who their leaders are and what kind of life they choose to lead. And the operative word is "choose." Democracies are about choices, some made intelligently and thoughtfully, and some not so much. [[William Adama|Adama]] and the ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' were faced with an immediate question as to the role of the military in this surviving population: were they still the servants of the people, or were they the overseers? Adama's choice was to preserve the idea of their society, indeed of their entire civilization while still striving to protect them from their enemies both within and without. It was, and continues to be a difficult balancing act, but as he said in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship]]": [[Themes in Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|it's not enough to survive, you have to [be] worthy of suriving]].<br />
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: If the military simply took choice away from the people of the fleet, if it simply decided that the senior commanders knew best and that was that, then the people out there in those ships become irrelevant. They're cargo. It's a military world and a military society and everything else is secondary. Down that road lies the cautionary tale of Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] and the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. One Adama and ''Galactica'' decided not to go down that road, then the entire panoply of democracy was in play -- representation by consent and elections to determine those representatives.<br />
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=== Interviews ===<br />
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* '''[[Nicki Clyne]] ([[Cally]]) talks about [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s maddened assault on Cally:''' <br />
:It was difficult for people to watch. Even when we were filming it and it was difficult to do. Not only physically, but I had to make it look real. Actually, [[Aaron Douglas|Aaron (Douglas]]–Chief Tyrol) actually punched me in the face! (''she chuckled as she continued on'') And, it’s really difficult, but the funny part about it is that he and I were trying to be brave, but whenever you get knocked in the face I think the instinct is to start crying. I was laughing at the same time, trying to persuade everyone that I was fine, but there were tears streaming down my face. And, Aaron was all, ‘But it wasn’t me.’ I was like, ‘Ok, ok, I am not blaming you, I know it was an accident, but I don’t think I punched myself in the face.’ He felt terrible about it happening. It was fine. Luckily, I didn’t get a bruise and slow everything up.<br />
:But it was difficult and I am trying to block the punches and then my own hand was going into the whole scene and realizing what he had done. It was pretty emotional. [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2384&Itemid=0]<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
*[[Alisen Down]] as [[Jean Barolay]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[David Kaye]] as [[James McManus]]<br />
*[[Colin Lawrence]] as [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]<br />
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image = Cylon_resurrection.jpg<br />
| title= Downloaded<br />
| season= 2<br />
| episode= 18<br />
| guests= [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]<br />
| writer= [[Bradley Thompson]] <br/> [[David Weddle]]<br />
| story= <br />
| goof= Y<br />
| director= [[Jeff Woolnough]]<br />
| production= 218<br />
| rating= 1.8<br />
| US airdate= 2006-02-24<br />
| UK airdate= 2006-05-02<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.5 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 49579<br />
| oldpopulation= 49584<br />
| prev= [[The Captain's Hand]]<br />
| next= [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]<br />
| podcast=Y<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
: ''[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] society is revealed when a [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Cylon's consciousness]] is downloaded into a new body following her death. The conquerors of occupied [[Caprica]] hail two "heroes of the Cylon," who both resist their new celebrity status.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
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===Teaser===<br />
*The episode begins with a flashback scene entitled, "Nine months ago - Caprica".<br />
*The scene recalls [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]'s house being destroyed in the Cylon attack as the [[Caprica-Six|mysterious blonde]] he dated for two years tries to shield him from the blast ([[Miniseries]]).<br />
*The scene reforms to show the Cylon's consciousness is [[Resurrection (RDM)|downloaded and reborn]] in a [[resurrection tank]]. Surrounding the tank are other [[humanoid Cylon]] models who act as midwives to this [[Number Six]]'s "rebirth."<br />
*One face that the Six sees is very unexpected. Someone that appears to be [[Gaius Baltar]] is at the edge of the tank, but before Six can talk to him, this Baltar warns that he is not really there: He is [[Virtual beings|someone only she can see and hear]] and tells her not to reveal his "presence".<br />
*Still in the Cylon version of birth trauma, Six attempts to relax as the other Cylons comfort her and answer her questions about Gaius Baltar's fate.<br />
*The scenes shifts to another flashback: "Ten weeks later". The scene shows a busy hallway on ''[[Galactica]]'' as [[Cally Henderson]] shoots and kills the traitorous Cylon agent, [[Sharon Valerii]] ([[Resistance]])<br />
*The scene follows Valerii's point of view as she also downloads, waking up totally disoriented in a resurrection tank.<br />
*A [[Number Three]] comes to comfort her. As Valerii sees a copy of herself, reminding her once more of her true nature as a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]], she screams.<br />
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===Act 1===<br />
*On [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], present day, the Cylons are rebuilding the city of [[Delphi]] for their own use, including gardens. A Three sits down to talk with the recently downloaded Six.<br />
*Six continues to be "haunted" by the virtual Baltar, who gives scathing retorts on the Cylon's progress of inhabiting their city after their [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|genocide of the human race]].<br />
*The Three congratulates Six, who is considered a "[[Hero of the Cylon]]" for her work as the prime agent that was personally responsible for gaining the information that allowed the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|virtual destruction]] of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]. The Three tells Six that her celebrity has given her a specific name: [[Caprica-Six|"Caprica"]].<br />
*Three asks Caprica-Six to visit another recently downloaded Hero of the Cylon that is having trouble adapting: A [[Number Eight]] that still refuses to think of herself as anything but her human alias, Sharon Valerii. <br />
*Three warns that if Valerii cannot be fixed, there is talk of "[[boxing]]" her.<br />
*Caprica-Six visits Valerii's apartment. Valerii refuses Caprica's courtesies, denying the Cylon [[God]] or his "love," noting that the only real love she had was with the ''Galactica'' crew.<br />
*Valerii expresses intense guilt at [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|betraying them]]. Caprica-Six starts to manipulate her by trying to empathize with her, saying that she loved a man too &mdash; Gaius Baltar. Startled, Valerii says that Baltar is not dead, but is the new Vice President of the Colonies.<br />
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===Act 2===<br />
*Moving their conversation to a cafe on the ground floor of Valerii's apartment, Caprica-Six and Valerii wonder why Number Three never told Caprica-Six that Baltar was alive.<br />
*Caprica-Six (through conversation with her virtual Baltar) realizes that Number Three manipulated her by hoping that her interaction with another Cylon with strong (and, to the Cylon collective, undesired) emotional ties with humanity would cause her distress sufficient enough to justify having them ''both'' boxed.<br />
*Elsewhere, outside the building, [[Samuel Anders]] and two other members of the human [[Caprica Resistance|resistance movement]] reconnoiter the apartment building as they plan to demolish the building with explosives.<br />
*While the team realizes that the Cylons will not permanently die, Anders believes, based on [[Sharon Agathon|the insight of a benevolent Eight]], that Cylons remember their horrifically painful memories of being killed, which may show them that nowhere on Caprica is safe and that leaving Caprica is their only option.<br />
*Number Three shows up at the cafe. Realizing Three's deception, Caprica-Six lies, telling Three that Valerii will move out of her apartment and start adapting back to Cylon life. Valerii follows Six's lead.<br />
*Visibly disappointed, but not showing it through her speech, Number Three offers to help her move out right now. After a moment's hesitation, the three Cylons leave the cafe for Valerii's apartment.<br />
*The resistance members arm the bomb in the underground garage, where many abandoned cars sit, gathering dust. Anders is preparing to leave when a patrolling [[Cylon Centurion]] arrives, blocking Anders' exit.<br />
*When the Centurion sees the bomb, Anders shoots it to distract long enough for the bomb's cigarette fuse to drop, creating a massive explosion that levels the entire building. Anders manages to take cover under a car.<br />
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===Act 3===<br />
*Caprica-Six, Three, and Valerii survive the blast as the stairwell protected them on the higher floor. Caprica-Six is injured and buried under some rubble. When Three insists that Caprica-Six is dead, Caprica-Six speaks in the negative and calls for help.<br />
*Six's knee is dislocated, and Three again suggests that it would be easier, if Six wanted, to just kill her so she'll be reborn. Realizing Three is trying to have her boxed, she declines the "offer."<br />
*The Cylons find someone else under some rubble, and Number Three clears it off to discover Anders. She takes his gun away and prepares to kill him, but Valerii protests. Caprica-Six agrees, but to avoid suspicion from Number Three, claims pragmatically that they shouldn't kill him so he can be interrogated.<br />
*Valerii notices that Anders is wearing [[Kara Thrace]]'s [[dog tags]]. Number Three explains that she was on the planet [[The Farm|a few weeks ago]]. Valerii realizes Anders is someone important to her former comrade.<br />
*Number Three cruelly toys with Anders, putting his gun on the ground and daring him to take it. When Valerii asks her to stop, Number Three retorts that Valerii is a broken machine that thinks she's human, but isn't. <br />
*Valerii states she has a conscience, but Three counters that Valerii is a murderer.<br />
*Caprica-Six realizes that murder and the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|genocide of the human race]] cannot be the [[Cylon Religion|path of their loving God]].<br />
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===Act 4===<br />
*Caprica-Six realizes why Number Three wanted her and Valerii boxed: they are celebrities in a culture based on uniformity. Three knew that their heroes had a different perspective on the war. Due to their celebrity status as Cylon heroes, they could actually cause a change the Cylons view about their conflict with the humans, upsetting the ''status quo'' which Number Three upholds. <br />
*Number Three says that Six and Valerii are a waste, corrupted by their experiences. Caprica-Six explains to Valerii that that is why Three wanted to get rid of them, because Six and Valerii understand that murder, vengeance, and genocide are sins in the eyes of God. Valerii realizes that their knowledge could convince other Cylons that the slaughter of mankind was a mistake.<br />
*The rubble of the building shifts as Cylons outside try to clear their way to any survivors inside.<br />
*Anders grabs his gun and tries to escape, shooting at Number Three before Valerii knocks the gun out of his hands.<br />
*The gun lands near Three. As she is about to shoot Anders, Caprica-Six hits her over the head with a large rock of stone, then bashes Three in the head again, killing her. <br />
*Caprica-Six tells Anders to leave, and gives him back Starbuck's dog tags. Valerii gives him back his gun as he leaves, alive but confused at the Cylons' benevolence.<br />
*Six realizes that with all of the Cylons dead in the cafe, it should be at least 36 hours before Number Three is resurrected and tells the others what happened.<br />
*Caprica-Six and Valerii believe that there is sufficient time to start a new beginning for the Cylons: A way to live in God's love, without hate or lies. Together, the two Heroes of the Cylons agree to a [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|new plan]] as their rescuers arrive.<br />
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===On ''Galactica''===<br />
*[[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]] has gone into labor; she passed out and her placenta had detached.<br />
*Dr. [[Cottle]] delivers the baby by surgery. The child is premature and is taken to an incubator.<br />
*As Caprica-Valerii [[Home, Part II|predicted]], it is a girl. [[Helo]] and Caprica-Valerii adore it together, naming her "[[Hera Agathon|Hera]]". <br />
*Meanwhile, President [[Laura Roslin]], Baltar, [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]], and Col. [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] debate what to do with the child. Baltar points out that it is half-human. Adama realizes the Cylons want it, and that the Cylons still hiding in the Fleet will try to make a move for it if they know about it.<br />
*President Roslin has decided, [[The Eye of Jupiter|secretly and unilaterally]], to hide Hera to protect her. She has Cottle convince Helo and Caprica-Valerii that their baby has died using other remains. Caprica-Valerii becomes hysterical and nearly chokes Cottle before breaking down, sobbing. <br />
*Roslin has given Hera to a woman named [[Maya]], who lost her baby in the Cylon attack. Maya believes that the child she is a normal human child from a ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' officer. <br />
*Helo, helped by Chief [[Galen Tyrol]], spreads the ashes of "Hera" out the hatch of a spaceborne [[Raptor]]. <br />
*The [[Virtual beings|virtual Number Six]] is devastated that Baltar could not protect "their baby", although he says he did all he could.<br />
*Number Six says that God's will was that Hera should survive and "would lead the next generation of God's children." In a rage, she says that Baltar has committed a sin, and his entire race will suffer God's vengeance.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*What will Number Three do when she is re-embodied? ([[Precipice|Answer]])<br />
*Were the Cylon Model numbers revealed so far (Three (D'Anna), Five (Doral), Six, Eight (Boomer)) numbered at random, or was there some underlying reason to why they were each assigned these specific numbers by the writers?<br />
**From [[Ron Moore]]'s blog on [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/ July 27th, 2006]: "Number Six was specifically a homage to "[[Wikipedia:The Prisoner|The Prisoner]]," but the rest were assigned their numbers randomly.<br />
* What model numbers are "[[Simon]]" and "[[Leoben Conoy]]" ?<br />
*Given that Baltar's home was destroyed and Caprica-Six "died" in a nuclear explosion, how did Baltar survive?<br />
* This episode raises new questions about the nature of the virtual Number Six that appears to Baltar, now that a virtual Gaius Baltar has appeared to Caprica-Six. What are these [[virtual beings]]?<br />
* Does death hold any meaning to the Cylons?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*Interestingly, the Baltar in Caprica-Six's head seems to be rather sharper-tongued, more cynical, and more harshly moralistic than the actual Baltar. He spends most of the episode playing conscience to Caprica-Six.<br />
*In the Miniseries, Leoben claimed to Adama that Cylons were superior to primitive humans, who were only "one step above beating each other to death with clubs". Ironically, Caprica-Six savagely beat Number Three to death "primitively" with a rock.<br />
*Apparently the documentary broadcast from the Fleet in "[[Final Cut]]" was not made widely available, since if Caprica-Six had seen it, she would have already known about Baltar's survival. <br />
*There does not appear to be any pattern to the numbering scheme of the 12 Cylon models: Three (D'anna), Five (Doral), Six (Shelley Godfrey/Gina), Eight (Sharon), i.e. not all females are an even number, males an odd number. <br />
*Cylon society on Caprica appears to consist of mostly mimicking human behavior &mdash; clothing, apartments, cafés, parks for relaxation, etc. In essence, the Cylons are merely trying to be what they have just exterminated &mdash; humans.<br />
*Cylons appear to lead asexual lives &mdash; no Cylon "couples" are seen, or even any obvious signs of friendship between Cylons. While frequently talking about, and concerned with, love, Cylons might be celibate except when interacting with humans. <br />
*Dialogue in "[[The Farm]]" indicates that Cylons have tried reproducing on their own, but failed, and then experimented with human-Cylon hybridization. This implies that they tried sexual relations between male and female Cylon models. It is unknown whether all such activities stopped once it became clear it was a literally fruitless effort, or how Cylon society would feel about such behavior.<br />
*The Cylons did not expect their initial attack to be anywhere near as successful as it was. This would explain the apparently large number of Cylon military vessels showing up everywhere as the Cylons expected to fight a more protracted war against a larger surviving human military force.<br />
*While it is not explicitly known in this episode, [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]] was kept in the dark about Roslin's decision to fake Hera's death. The only people who know the complete truth are the President herself and [[Cottle|Doctor Cottle]]. The episode "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" later confirms this point.<br />
* Tyrol accompanies Helo to his and Sharon's daughter's "funeral", but who exactly is he there in support of? Helo or Caprica-Valerii? The easy answer is "both", but it seems likely that his presence was there more on Helo's behalf. Having been effectively marginalized in Caprica-Valerii's eyes ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]), and his later fears of being a Cylon, his feelings for her were on the downswing.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*Anders refers to humanoid Cylons as "Skin Jobs" in this episode, another reference to ''"[[Wikipedia:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]]"'' by the Re-Imagined Series (which [[Edward James Olmos]] also co-starred in). The Cylon Centurions are being referred to as "Bullet Heads".<br />
**When episode writer [[Bradley Thompson]] was [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques#"Skin Jobs"|asked]] by Battlestar Wiki how it was decided to incorporate this referrence into the episode, he said:<br />
:"There was no real "decision" as such. We were writing "Downloaded". [[Jean Barolay|Barolay]] and [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] were on the roof and we needed a quick way to categorize. We remembered the term from Blade Runner and put it in. The drafts went through the usual pathways of approval and nobody shot it down. So now there are skin jobs along with metal jobs, clankers, and bulletheads (that last is credited to [[Gary Hutzel]])."<br />
*[[Rick Worthy]] ([[Simon]]) and [[Callum Keith Rennie]] ([[Leoben Conoy]]) do not actually appear in this episode. In several brief shots, body doubles dressed as their characters are seen from behind or in the distance, but these actors did not return for the episode. Ron Moore noted in his [[Podcast:Downloaded|podcast]] of the episode that body doubles were used because the production team felt it would just be a waste of Worthy's and Rennie's time having them only appear in the background of shots and not have any dialog.<br />
*Much of the dialog in the episode recap is entirely new, and dubbed in to better summarize the segment.<br />
*[[Caprica-Six]] assumed residence on Caprica two years prior to the Cylon attack, which matches both the beginning of her relationship with Baltar ([[Miniseries]]) and the date that [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)]] was assigned to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ([[The Farm]]).<br />
*There are three cars in the underground garage. One clearly visible is a Citroën DS. When the Cylon enters the garage, the car on the right appears to be a Rover P6. The car on the left with a central headlamp appears to be a 1930s Tatra 87. According to the podcast, older European cars were used to make them somewhat more alien to American viewers, but this can have the opposite effect on European viewers.<br />
* The license plate on the front of the car crushed in Anders' bomb attack reads '''SEXYMOM''', and has a "C-Bucs Rule" bumper sticker (for the [[Caprica Buccaneers]], the core of Ander's resistance group).<br />
* Whenever Baltar's internal (possibly hallucinatory) Number Six appears on ''Galactica'' during the series, Number Six's distinct soundtrack theme is played (plunking staccato notes on a [[w:xylophone|xylophone]], accompanied by violins). There is a subtle twist on this for this episode with Caprica-Six's internal Baltar (who is definitely a hallucination): whenever Six's hallucinatory Baltar appears, the normal "Number Six theme" is played ''in reverse''. The xylophone notes are played in reverse order, though the violin overlay is still played "forwards".<br />
*Different music plays during the two downloads at the beginning of the episode. A variation on the "Number Six theme" is heard during Caprica'-Six's flashbacks, while Boomer's flashbacks are accompanied by a more militaristic tune.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*''Caprica-Valerii has gone into premature labor with her Hybrid baby:''<br />
:'''Cottle:''' I find it absolutely amazing you people went to all the trouble to appear human, and didn't upgrade the plumbing.<br />
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*''"Caprica-Six" and a [[Number Three]]-copy walk past a crowd of other Cylons of various models, and they all keep turning their heads to look at Caprica-Six:''<br />
:'''Caprica-Six:''' I still can't get used to this.<br />
:'''Three:''' Well, you're a Hero of the Cylon now. You're our first celebrity!<br />
:'''Caprica-Six:''' Oh, I'm just another Six.<br />
:'''Three:''' You're too modest. I'm just another Three... and they're Fives (motions at a Doral-model)... and Eights (motions at a Sharon-model). But you, everyone calls you "Caprica-Six"... like you're the only Six on the planet!<br />
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*''President Roslin, Baltar, Admiral Adama and Col. Tigh discuss what to do with the Hybrid baby:''<br />
:'''Roslin:''' If [[Hera|the baby]] does survive, the question is &mdash; what do we do with it?<br />
:'''Baltar:''' Do? What are you suggesting? That we throw it out of an airlock?<br />
:'''Roslin:''' I don't make suggestions, Mr. Baltar - if I want to toss a baby out of an airlock, I'd say so.<br />
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*''[[Number Three]] prepares to execute [[Samuel Anders]]:''<br />
:'''Three:''' Humans don't respect life the way we do. (loads pistol)<br />
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*''Anders' gun is knocked out of his hands, and it miraculously lands near Number Three, who picks it up, stands over Anders and gets ready to execute him:''<br />
:'''Number Three''': God loves me. (Caprica-Six pops up behind Number Three and bashes her over the head with a big rock of debris)<br />
:'''Caprica-Six''': See you again soon! (Caprica-Six bashes her head with the rock a second time, killing her current body, while her consciousness will soon download into another)<br />
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*''[[Sharon Valerii]] picks up a photograph of the ''Galactica'' crew to make a point to Caprica-Six about love:''<br />
:"''This'' is love. These people love me. I love them. I didn't pretend to feel something so I could screw people over. I loved them. And then I betrayed them! I shot a man I love, screwed over another man, ruined his life, and why? Because I'm a lying machine! I'm a frakking Cylon!"<br />
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*''Caprica-Six's internal Baltar recites verse''<br />
:Life is short, but the next one's not<br />
:Let your heart adrift, and your soul will get caught<br />
:Believe the lies, ignore the truth<br />
:Listen to me, I will show you the proof.<br />
:Speak from your heart: say the things you know to be true<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
*David Eick's video blog shows the crew preparation for filming the Cylon rebirthing scene for this episode.<br />
*According to RDM's podcast, there was an entire subplot in this episode in which Lucy Lawless's character "D'anna Biers" interviews President Roslin about rumors that the pregnant Cylon prisoner's baby had been born. Then "''Galactica''-Three" tries to kidnap the baby off of ''Galactica'' in collusion with [[Gina]] (''Pegasus''-Six). The subplot was cut for time (they wanted to spend more time focusing on events on Caprica), and also because they felt it made the episode very confusing; cutting between many different Cylon copies both on Caprica and ''Galactica''.( These scenes were filmed then cut; they are provided as [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Downloaded|deleted scenes]] on the [[Season 2.5 DVD]] sets). <br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]<br />
*[[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
*[[Kerry Norton]] as Paramedic [[Layne Ishay]]<br />
*[[Alisen Down]] as [[Jean Barolay]]<br />
*[[Erica Cerra]] as [[Maya]]<br />
*[[Diego Diablo Del Mar]] as [[Hillard]]<br />
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| title= The Captain's Hand<br />
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| rating= 1.7<br />
| US airdate= 2006-02-17<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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:''When two Raptors go missing after a training mission, new ''Pegasus'' commander [[Barry Garner]] challenges Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]]'s orders by sending his battlestar directly into the rescue zone &mdash; and a trap.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
*Two [[Raptor]]s begin a training mission outside ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', which is near a [[Wikipedia:Binary star system|binary star]] that causes [[Dradis|DRADIS]] and communications interference. Shortly after, contact with the Raptors is lost. <br />
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*On ''[[Galactica]]'', [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] and the deck crew are in the process of unloading containers, Chief Tyrol finds a pregnant teenager inside who asks for [[Cottle|Dr. Cottle]].<br />
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*[[Lee Adama]], now promoted to Major, arrives as acting [[Executive officer|XO]] on the [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', where he runs into [[Kara Thrace]]. Both report to Commander Garner in ''Pegasus''' [[CIC]]. Garner argues with now-Captain Thrace over the disappearance of the Raptors.<br />
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*[[Barry Garner|Commander Garner]] and Major Adama talk in private about the discipline on ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. Garner thinks that [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] is a huge part of the problem and that the virtues learned in his experience as an engineer would do the ship some good.<br />
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*On ''[[Colonial One]]'', [[Laura_Roslin|President Roslin]] is hounded by her new aide, [[Tory Foster]], about preparing for the coming election. Elsewhere, [[Tom Zarek]] discusses the idea of presidency. He concedes he's not able to garner support, but is willing to support someone more popular: [[Gaius Baltar|Dr. Baltar]].<br />
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*Back on ''Galactica'', Dr. [[Cottle]] & Admiral Adama discuss the fate of the young woman found in the container, [[Rya Kibby]]. Kibby mentions the fact that she doesn't want to keep the baby, but Admiral Adama (on request from the Gemenese delegate) is intent on sending her back to her family. Dr. Cottle suggests that she request asylum aboard ''Galactica''.<br />
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*News of Rya Kibby's asylum request raises a stir throughout the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] discusses the issue with Admiral Adama, Tory Foster, and Delegate [[Sarah_Porter|Sarah Porter]] from [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemonon|Gemenon]]. Delegate Porter states that abortion is a obscenity and demands that the girl be returned to her parents. Afterwards, President Roslin mentions she's not willing to even consider the idea of abortion in general, having fought for a woman's right to control her body for her entire career, but Admiral Adama reminds her that their population must increase in order to survive.<br />
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*While reviewing the last transmissions from the Raptors, [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] discovers the reason for the missing Raptors may be that they responded to a distress call. She attempts to bring this up with Commander Garner, who flatly rejects the theory. Additional search parties learn of the distress call that lured the first Raptors away. Commander Garner decides to start preparing the ''Pegasus'' for a jump.<br />
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*Over [[wireless]], [[Barry Garner|Commander Garner]], Major Adama, and [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]] discuss the missing Raptor situation. Commander Garner feels that ''Pegasus'' should [[FTL|jump]] to bring home the missing crews and ships, while the Admiral and Major believe it may be a trap and orders a 5-Raptor recon mission to ascertain the training mission's fate. <br />
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*Garner orders a [[Combat Jump|combat jump]] despite Admiral Adama's orders. [[SAR]] Raptors at the rescue site find both Raptors, but the crews are dead. At that moment, three [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] ambush ''Pegasus'' with conventional and nuclear missile barrages seconds after their arrival.<br />
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*''Pegasus'''s [[FTL]] drive is disabled. Garner attempts to determine the FTL failure's cause from CIC., but the engineering crew are confused from the attack. Commander Garner heads down to Engineering to assess the damage, and transfers command of ''Pegasus'' to Major Adama. Adama orders ''Pegasus'' to target one of the basestars with its forward batteries, severely damaging the basestar and buying them more time.<br />
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*Garner's successful repair of their FTL system allows ''Pegasus'' to escape. Commander Garner, however, dies in the process due to vacuum exposure.<br />
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*In [[William Adama|Admiral Adama's]] quarters, the Admiral and [[Lee Adama|Major Adama]] review the reports from the incident on ''Pegasus''. After discussing the late ''Pegasus'' commander, the Admiral offers his son the job of commanding ''Pegasus'', along with a promotion to Commander.<br />
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*[[Gaius Baltar]] proclaims his candidacy for President of the Colonies in the Presidential election in the midst of a press conference called by [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] regarding abortion in the Fleet.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*Why was [[Rya Kibby]] seeking an abortion? Who was the biological father to Rya's unborn child? <br />
*Would Adama allow Dr. Cottle to be arrested, give that he is one of the few remaining Doctors? From the episode, he is of the opinion that he would do what is necessary.<br />
*Was Baltar's report real, or was it just invented to produce the opportunity to drive his wedge?<br />
*Who will replace Baltar as Roslin's Vice President? <br />
**Can Roslin actually pick another Vice President, under Colonial law, if Baltar refuses to resign? One of the reporters at the end actually directly asks if Baltar would remain as Vice President. Perhaps Roslin cannot forcibly remove Baltar from his office just because he's running against her.<br />
*How will Zarek position himself in the Baltar campaign? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Answer]])<br />
*Will Tigh accept the fact that Lee Adama now outranks him and has command of a ship?<br />
*What will happen to Rya now that she has been granted asylum on ''Galactica''?<br />
*Had Garner been serving as XO to ''Pegasus's'' previous commander, the late [[Jack Fisk]]?<br />
*Does the fact that the Cylons had such a large force waiting to ambush ''Pegasus'' indicate that they have a new [[Resurrection Ship]] in place?<br />
*How does the double layer flight pod system on ''Pegasus'' operate? Just before the battlestar jumps away from the ambush, there is a short sequence of Vipers returning to the ship that shows them landing on two distinct levels of the flight pod, with Vipers landing on the lower level being upside down with respect to ''Pegasus''. Does it work with artificial gravity or do the flightpods always operate in zero-g? (For more on the use of artificial gravity, see the article, [[Science in the Re-imagined Series]]).<br />
*How could abortion be legal and established throughout the Colonies despite being against the religious views of at least one planet? Does this indicate a strong central government, that can dictate laws against the wishes of large population groups, instead of a federal system with the planet's having more autonomy?<br />
*What kind of equipment is available to fix small breaches such as the one in the ''Pegasus'''s engine room? [[Helo]] uses a hand-held pressure pad to seal a minor breach in the damaged Raptor during the [[Miniseries]] right after he receives his leg wound. Would such a device not help here?<br />
*Now that Lee Adama is commanding ''Pegasus'', who does he have for an XO since it is apparent both battlestars are short field grade officers? Does he elevate Stinger to XO, or does he bring someone from ''Galactica''? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer, Post-LDYB, Part I]])<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*When Baltar announces his candidacy for the Presidency, Number Six applauds with a slow clap. This action runs in parallel to how then-Commander William Adama led the entire crew in a long, drawn-out slow clap in respect of President Roslin when she was re-instated to her office in "[[Home, Part II]]". <br />
*Survivor count is decremented by six from "[[Sacrifice]]", but seven people died in that episode - terrorists [[Sesha Abinell]], [[Vinson]], [[Page]] and [[Chu]], two unnamed marines, and civilian [[Billy Keikeya]]. At least one birth must have taken place to offset the population count between the two episodes.<br />
*Based on the ''[[Colonial One]]'' whiteboard seen toward the end of the episode, only five people died as a result of the ambush on ''Pegasus'': [[Richard Bayer|Richard "Buster" Bayer]], [[Lyla Ellway|Lyla "Shark" Ellway]], the unnamed crew of [[Raptor 314]], and Commander [[Barry Garner]].<br />
**This casualty figure is conspicuously low, considering that ''Galactica'' lost 85 crewmen as the result of a hit by a single nuclear missile in the [[miniseries]], while ''Pegasus'' is hit with no less than three in this episode.<br />
**On the other hand, it is at least consistent with the surprisingly low number of casualties incurred in the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]], and may indicate that the hull armor on ''Pegasus'' is significantly stronger than on ''Galactica'', which has many conspicuously bare structural ribs.<br />
**A large number of the casualties ''Galactica'' incurred were due to the firefighting crews failure to use breathing gear when Tigh ordered the flight pod vented. However, based on dialogue in this episode, it appears that the ''Pegasus'' firefighting teams did take this precaution.<br />
* It seems clear now that the Cylons are again shadowing the fleet. They are doing so accurately enough to vector three basestars onto ''Pegasus''. Why do they not attack the fleet itself? The trap for ''Pegasus'' was somewhat laborious. This returns us to theories that the Cylons want the fleet to survive, even with ''Galactica'', but that the arrival of ''Pegasus'' throws some of their calculations out.<br />
**The Cylons never stopped shadowing the Fleet, per "[[Scar]]" etc. They were just afraid to engage because the Resurrection Ship was destroyed. In the past, one Basestar was willing to simply wade into ''Galactica'' and its Vipers, but now they're resorted to both a sneak attack/trap, and ganging up on a battlestar using superior numbers. The Cylons set up the trap, so they knew where to jump and that's why it was so accurate. In no way does this support a theory that the Cylons want the Fleet to survive, and further, [[Ron Moore]] has repeatedly stated that the Cylons aren't doing that and truly want to destroy the Fleet (at least, before the season 2 finale). <br />
*In the course of this episode's timeline, [[Lee Adama]] rises from the rank of Captain (CAG of ''[[Galactica]]'') to Major (No details are given on that posting except Adama was assigned to [[Pegasus (RDM)|''Pegasus'']]), to Commander and CO of [[Pegasus (RDM)|''Pegasus'']] in the wake of Commander [[Barry Garner|Barry Garner's]] death saving his ship.<br />
**Major Adama's duty was intended as a temporary stint as ''Pegasus'' acting XO, to familiarize himself with the duties of a senior officer. In the opening scene, he tells [[Anastasia Dualla]] that he expects to return to ''Galactica'' "in a couple of weeks".<br />
*Garner's decision to mount a rescue operation in contravention of his commanding officer's orders is an explicit parallel to "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", down to the choice of words:<br />
:'''Adama:''' "I'm getting my men." <br />
:'''Garner:''' "I'm going to get our men." <br />
*Kara Thrace's posting is finally clarified in this episode: she is now serving as CAG on ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
**She was transferred to ''Pegasus'' in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and then promoted to that ship's CAG over [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]] in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]". In "[[Epiphanies]]", it is made clear that Lee Adama regained his posting as ''Galactica's'' CAG. In "[[Epiphanies]]", Thrace is seen piloting one of ''Galactica's'' Mk. II Vipers with Kat; in "[[Scar]]" she is serving on Galactica, and appears to have assumed the majority of Adama's responsibilities as CAG, although she still takes orders from him.<br />
**During this episode it's mentioned that she's only been on board ''Pegasus'' for four days before getting thrown in the brig: probably referring to the time she spent away on ''Galactica'' in "Scar" and in the Fleet on leave in "Sacrifice". <br />
*Although there's no clear evidence of this, it's nice to imagine that when Admiral Adama promoted his son to Commander, he gave Lee his old Commander rank insignia.<br />
**This is actually quite likely; the decision to bump Lee to Commander seemed to have been made immediately following Garner's debacle, and given that Billy had to search extensively for a jeweler to get Adama his Admiral's insignia, giving Lee his old rank insignia was probably as much practicality as it was sentiment.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*Timeline-wise, Baltar says that he made an initial projection of the fleet's population "over seven months ago". This would have been before the arrival of ''Pegasus'', since he said he factored in the arrival of her crew subsequently.<br />
*Baltar states that he added the crew of the ''Pegasus'' into his calculations, with the result of the end of the human race within 18 years at current attrition rates.<br />
*It has been "almost a month" since Apollo was shot in "[[Sacrifice]]".<br />
*The recap at the beginning of this episode includes two scenes that did not actually appear in any previous episode, but were constructed by redubbing existing footage.<br />
**The scene where Colonel Tigh and Admiral Adama discuss Garner's promotion is constructed from the scene in "Black Market" when Adama and Tigh are telling Apollo to go to ''Pegasus'' on the hangar deck. The scene has been cleverly redubbed, so that Adama is saying entirely new lines when the camera is pointed at ''Tigh'' (not at Adama's face), and then Tigh says new lines when the camera is pointed at ''Adama''.<br />
**The same technique is used when Baltar is talking to Gina: when the camera is pointed at Baltar, we hear [[Gina]] saying "You must betray Roslin and run for President in the upcoming election", but this was never heard in the aired version of "[[Epiphanies]]". <br />
*From the podcast, it seems that the "previously" scene (above) was actually meant for "[[Black Market]]", but the original hangar deck scene had to be heavily edited due to the legal complications surrounding Commander Barry Garner's name. The character was originally named "Barry Trammel", but at the last minute it had to be changed for legal reasons when the production team found that there was a real person with that name.<br />
*Captain [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]] is still on''Pegasus'', mentioned by Kara Thrace as being in the brig for insubordination.<br />
*The adjectival form of "Gemenon" is "Gemenese".<br />
*Under Gemenese law, minors are the "property" of their parents.<br />
*[[Mercury class battlestar]]s do not need to retract their flight pods prior to a jump, unlike the [[Galactica type battlestar|Galactica type]].<br />
*The coolant pressure gauges on ''Pegasus'' measure in PSI, presumably [[Wikipedia:Pound-force per square inch|Pound-force per square inch]]. This is consistent with the use of customary units on the Viper Mk. II's altimeter, seen in "[[Act of Contrition]]".<br />
*The distance between ''Pegasus'' and the lost Raptors is reported in "SU" units. This may be the Colonials' equivalent of the [[Wikipedia:Astronomical unit|Astronomical unit]] (AU); an AU is based on the distance between Earth and the Sun, so it would seem illogical for the planets of the Twelve Colonies to share this exact measurement.<br />
*This is the fourth episode of the season in which [[Grace Park]] has not appeared as [[Sharon Valerii]].<br />
*Writer Jeff Vlaming references [[Wikipedia:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s "[[Wikipedia:The Merchant of Venice|The Merchant of Venice]]" when he has [[Laura Roslin]] tell [[Quorum of Twelve]] delegate [[Sarah Porter]], "you have your pound of flesh".<br />
*Sharon warned Admiral Adama in the previous episode, "[[Sacrifice]]", that the Cylons might try to lay ambushes near some pulsar stars ahead of their position, due to DRADIS interference. <br />
*Based on the promo images for the episodes, it appears that in a deleted scene, Rya tried to kill herself by overdosing on pills when she was told she couldn't have an abortion, and she had to be resuscitated.<br />
*This episode had the lowest [[Wikipedia:Nielsen Ratings|Nielsen Ratings]] figure that an episode of the Re-Imagined Series ever received, although the episode was well-received by critics and fans; this is possibly the backlash from what Ron Moore himself feels were the less desirable episodes "Black Market" and "Sacrifice".<br />
*Several fans felt that in the final scene with Apollo and Starbuck embracing, Apollo whispered "forever" into Starbuck's ear (after his last line that "we're okay", etc.). However on repeat viewing it's just Starbuck sighing three short times in a row, which vaguely sounds like three syllables. When actor Jamie Bamber was [http://mboard.scifi.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1833539&page=0&fpart=86&vc=1 asked] about this, he confirmed that he did ''not'' whisper "forever".<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*{{audio|The Captain's Hand - Lee's promotion.mp3|''Following the Cylon ambush of ''Pegasus'' and the death of Commander Garner.''}}<br />
:'''Admiral Adama''': In your opinion, off the record, what was [[Barry Garner|Garner]]'s flaw?<br />
:'''Major Lee Adama''': He was used to working with machines. Command is about people.<br />
:'''Admiral Adama''': Remember that, as you take command of "The Beast" (''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''). Garner was my decision; his failures, my responsibility. Don't let me fail a second time. Congratulations, Commander.<br />
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*{{audio|The Captain's Hand - Baltar's announcement.mp3|''Responding to President Roslin's decision to criminalize abortion.''}}<br />
:'''Vice-President Baltar''': It is true in the light of recent events, the President may have lost support in some quarters. I would ask the people to understand that if this is an extreme decision, we live in extreme times. The decision has been made with good faith. I, however, cannot with good conscience support it. I am so sorry, Madame President, but the Cylon have no understanding the meaning of the word "freedom". How could they? They're programmed...machines. Every time you take away one of our freedoms, every time we restrict or curtail one of our rights, we become one step closer to being like them. As the Vice-President, I am bound to follow the administration's lead; as President, I should have no such strictures. Given the current situation, I'm afraid that I have no alternative but to announce that I am, as of now, a candidate for the Presidency.<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[John Heard]] as Commander [[Barry Garner]]<br />
*[[Christian Tessier]] as [[Tucker Clellan|Tucker "Duck" Clellan]]<br />
*[[Stephanie von Pfetten]] as Cpt. [[Marcia Case|Marcia "Showboat" Case]]<br />
*[[Kavan Smith]] as Lt. [[Richard Baier|Richard "Buster" Baier]]<br />
*[[Amber Rothwell]] as [[Rya Kibby]]<br />
*[[Patricia Idlette]] as [[Sarah Porter]]<br />
*[[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
*[[Brad Dryborough]] as [[Hoshi]]<br />
*[[Aaron Pearl]] as Ensign [[Abel Thornton]]<br />
*[[Christina Schild]] as [[Playa Palacios]]<br />
*[[Tammy Hui]] as ECO [[Lyla Ellway|Lyla "Shark" Ellway]]<br />
*[[James Bell]] as Lt. [[Steve Fleer|Steve "Red Devil" Fleer]]<br />
*[[Kimani Ray Smith]] as ''Pegasus'' Sergeant<br />
*[[Kurt Max Runte]] as Ensign [[Charles Bellamy]]<br />
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| image = Sacrifice3.jpg<br />
| title= Sacrifice<br />
| season= 2<br />
| episode= 16<br />
| guests= [[Dana Delany]] as [[Sesha Abinell]]<br />
| writer= [[Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br />
| story= <br />
| director= [[Rey Villalobos]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating= 1.8<br />
| US airdate= 2006-02-10<br />
| UK airdate= 2006-04-18<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.5 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 49590<br />
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| prev= [[Scar]]<br />
| next= [[The Captain's Hand]]<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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: ''The'' [[Cloud 9]]'s ''lounge is under attack by terrorists who are convinced that [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] is playing the military. The leader of this quartet, [[Sesha Abinell]], demands that the invaluable Valerii be brought to her -- otherwise [[Ellen Tigh]], [[Anastasia Dualla]], [[Lee Adama]], [[Billy Keikeya]] and others will be executed.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
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*[[Billy Keikeya]] proposes to [[Anastasia Dualla]], who flatly refuses. Later on, Dualla and [[Lee Adama]] discuss the incident while on leave aboard ''[[Cloud 9]]'', at one of the ship's drinking and dining establishments.<br />
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*Keikeya, also aboard ''Cloud 9'', finds Dualla there. An awkward moment arises when he discovers that she is with Lee Adama. Adama leaves the two to talk, going to sit at the bar, where he encounters [[Ellen Tigh]], who begins to flirt with him.<br />
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*Three men and a woman named [[Sesha Abinell]] lay siege to the establishment, taking the guests hostage, and sealing the area off from the rest of the ship. Abinell's husband was killed aboard the ''[[Greenleaf]]'' when the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] attacked it ten weeks ago, and she decides to exact vengeance.<br />
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*Before the terrorists lay siege, Lee Adama asks Ellen Tigh to come with him into the restroom. Tigh follows, thinking that Adama has invited her for a sexual tryst. But Lee Adama had predicted the situation. As a gambit to confuse the terrorists, Adama takes the dry ice from Tigh's drink and uses it to sabotage one of the oxygen sensors. In the meantime, Tigh leaves the restroom and loudly announces herself to the terrorists.<br />
[[Image:Sesha.jpg|thumb|Sesha Abinell.]]<br />
*Abinell demands that Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] turn over Cylon [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] to her, seeking Valerii's life in compensation for her husband's. She is infuriated that Admiral Adama and Roslin continue to allow one of their greatest enemies to live in their midst, even caged. She believes that Valerii is compromising the security of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], and that the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon holocaust]] was due to similar Cylon infiltration of the military.<br />
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*Abinell sends one of her men into the restroom to find anyone else they haven't rounded up. Captain Adama gets the drop on him and takes his gun, taking him out, threatening to kill him if the hostages are not released. Abinell threatens to kill Dualla if Adama refuses to surrender. Adama drops the empty threat and surrenders.<br />
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*Captain Adama's small-scale sabotage works, and the terrorists demand repairs to be made to the ship's oxygen systems.<br />
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*[[Kara Thrace]], along with a detachment of [[Colonial Marine Corps|marines]], are also on leave aboard ''Cloud 9''. They quickly plan a recon mission &mdash; Thrace disguises herself as the technician sent to repair the air system. Her job is to reconnoiter the situation and return with details.<br />
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*Thrace's cover is blown when Ellen Tigh recognizes her as one of ''Galactica's'' pilots. Thrace draws two pistols and begins shooting at the terrorists, soon aided by the marines. Two marines are killed, along with one of the hostage-takers. In addition, Thrace accidentally shoots Lee Adama. Thrace and the surviving marines retreat, and the situation is only exacerbated.<br />
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*The situation prompts Admiral Adama to once again consider the value of Sharon Valerii to him. Speaking with Valerii, she reminds the admiral that she saved the Fleet five or six times. Adama asks if she would reveal the identities of other Humanoid Cylons in the Fleet. She refuses. Oddly enough, this seems to reaffirm her value to him.<br />
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*Admiral Adama agrees to give the terrorists the dead body of Sharon Valerii in return for the hostages. However, he secretly delivers the dead copy of Valerii known as [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]. When the terrorists realize the ploy, Sesha orders the terrorist [[Vinson]] to kill [[Anastasia Dualla]]. [[Billy Keikeya]] seizes one of the terrorists' guns and kills Vinson, but is mortally wounded by Vinson's return fire as marines storm the lounge. Abinell is killed by marines, her body falling atop Boomer's body.<br />
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*In the aftermath, Dualla stays with Lee Adama in the infirmary, promising to stay with him until he recovers. Neither notice Starbuck quietly leaving sickbay as she says this. Laura Roslin grieves the death of Keikeya, who had become "the closest thing that [she had] to family."<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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* Who leaked out the information that Valerii was on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''? Was it one of ''Galactica's'' crewmen?<br />
** Now that this information has been confirmed, thanks to the actions of Abinell and her conspirators, what kind of backlash should Roslin and Adama expect to face?<br />
* Who will become Roslin's new assistant? ([[Tory Foster|Answer]]) Was there a replacement groomed for the position at all previous to the events in this episode? <br />
* Where did Abinell and her people get the weapons? Were they purchased from the [[Black market (organization)|Black Market]]? <br />
* What were Ellen Tigh intentions? She practically gives away Thrace's cover and announces that she is the wife of ''Galactica'''s XO.) What was that on purpose or an accident?<br />
* Is the relationship between Apollo and Dee against military protocol in the same way that Tyrol and Valerii's relationship was, or have the rules on Colonial officers and NCO fraternization been relaxed?<br />
**Just how far does the non-association protocol even extend anymore? What is the exact nature of the non-association protocol? Is it against officers having relationships with enlisted crewmen, or even enlisted crewmen having relationships with other enlisted crewmen (i.e. preventing Tyrol and Cally from having a relationship)? In "[[Litmus]]," Tyrol was willing to lie under oath (and all of his deckhands were willing to lie under oath) rather than let Tyrol face the punishment associated with continuing his relationship. Apollo and Dualla are in the same position as Boomer and Tyrol; one is an officer having a relationship with an enlisted crewman. Apollo and Dualla have an even greater gap between them, as Apollo is among the highest-ranking officers on ''Galactica'', and Dualla is a lower-ranking enlisted crewman than Tyrol was.<br />
* [[Saul Tigh]]'s prejudices are fully and repeatedly exposed in relation to [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Valerii]] (eg. describing her as a thing, objecting to [[William Adama]]'s reflexively referring to the prisoner by her assumed name). Will this begin to affect the close relationship between these two in future episodes? Will it deteriorate to a point where the XO will be relieved again in relation to a decision made by Adama as he once was in "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]"?<br />
* Why were Lee Adama and Kara Thrace on leave at the same time? Who's acting as Galactica's [[CAG]] during this episode?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* Why doesn't [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Sharon]] want to tell Adama who the other Cylons in the Fleet are, if she's been trying to show that she's helping the humans and not the Cylons?<br />
**Possibly Sharon just doesn't want anyone to have to die, human or Cylon, and thinks that the Colonials will kill the Cylons hiding in the Fleet if she outs them. However, the Cylons hiding in the Fleet are striving to bring about the deaths of all surviving humans, so this leaves the question of why Sharon doesn't believe that capturing or killing them would prevent the deaths of an even larger number of people, perhaps the entire Fleet. She might just be unrealistically optimistic about the entire situtation. <br />
** In light of the rape in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and Fisk's death in "[[Black Market]]", it has been repeatedly proven that Adama doesn't have total control of the Colonial forces under his command, despite the support of the government. Sharon also later reveals in "[[Precipice]]" that she was angry at herself for betraying her people for [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and her then-unborn child, [[Hera]]. <br />
*[[Sesha Abinell]]'s husband [[Ray Abinell|Ray]] was killed during a Cylon attack ten weeks prior to this episode. The only change in the [[survivor count]] which remains unaccounted for was between "Home, Part I" and "Home, Part II", however, those episodes must have taken place well before Ray Abinell's death ten weeks prior to this episode. Other possibilities include Ray's death during the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]], although ''[[Greenleaf]]'' would have been far from the site of combat; or his death being offset by a birth in between episodes.<br />
**One of [[David Eick]]'s Video Blogs is devoted to discussing the scene where Ray Abinell dies. Although the final version is a dialog-less flashback, the flashback was scripted and shot with Ray talking on the phone to Sesha, then seeing the Raider coming. He then says goodbye, hangs up, and runs down the hallway. This alternate flashback sequence [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Sacrifice|is a deleted scene]] featured on the DVDs.<br />
* Dualla seems to recover rather quickly from Billy's death. In fact, during much of the episode, her attention is focused on Lee Adama.<br />
* The final scene recalls that of "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]", except that Thrace's and Dualla's roles are reversed.<br />
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== Notes == <br />
*Continuing from "[[Scar]]", this is the second episode in a row that Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Number Six]] have not appeared in.<br />
*On Sesha's laptop, there is a list of [[:Image:Seshalaptop2 216 1080i.jpg|Cylon ''modus operandi'']], which includes a fact that should not be known to the civilian fleet: the fact that the Cylons are attempting to breed with humans and reproduce hybrid offspring, such as [[Hera]].<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*{{audio|Sacrifice - regarding Sharon.mp3|''Saul Tigh observing Sharon Valerii's exit from William Adama's office.''}}<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' You know, if people knew how much you've relied on that thing's so called intelligence, they'd be scared out of their wits.<br />
:'''William Adama:''' What about you, Saul? Are you afraid of her?<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' You know, the truth is I don't like the way it's gotten under your skin.<br />
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*{{audio|Sacrifice - it isn't Sharon, it's a machine.mp3|''After a bout of negotiations with Sesha Abinell, leader of the Cloud 9 terrorists, Adama briefly confers with Tigh.''}}<br />
:'''William Adama:''' Saul, we can't give her Sharon. I hope you know that, right?<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' I know that. Against our dealing with the terrorists... if we start now, it'll open the floodgates; and it will never stop. And by the way, it's not Sharon. It's a [[frak]]king Cylon.<br />
:'''William Adama:''' You don't think I know that?<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' I think there's part of you that looks into that thing's eyes and still sees that young girl that reported aboard two years ago as a [[rook]] pilot. Well, it's not. It never was. Bill, it's a machine.<br />
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*{{audio|Sacrifice - what if the terrorists are right.mp3|''Crisis conference between the President, the Admiral and the XO regarding how the terrorists demands should ultimately be dealt with.''}}<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' What if they're right? What if Sharon has been playing us all, plotting our destruction with every passing day? What if the terrorists are right?<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' This isn't about Sharon. It's about something much bigger than that. It's about the long term survival of the Fleet. It's about the way we conduct ourselves in all of this.<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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[[Paul Campbell]] discusses the decision surrounding [[Billy Keikeya]]'s death:<br />
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: ''It was kind of my choice in a way. I was kind of given an ultimatum eventually because in between the end of season one and the beginning of season two I had actually gone to LA and booked a pilot. Because Battlestar production didn’t have me under contract, I was free to go and do that. And it was their loss if the show got picked up and I wasn’t able to come back for season two. I think that was a problem they had with a few of the cast members, that everyone was a free agent after season 1, and I think that scared them a little bit. They could have potentially lost half their cast after season 1, and I think after that, they pretty much ended up signing everyone to a contract. But I’d already been cast in another show and decided to go off on my own and see if it worked. As it turned out it didn’t work, and I ended up having a two episode hiatus after [[Resistance (episode)|episode 4]]. I was gone for 5 and 6, then came back for [[Home, Part I|Home Pt. 1]], I think it was. Or [[Home, Part II|Home Pt 2]], I came back for. So after that kind of gave me the ultimatum and said sign a contract for 5 years, or we kind of need to go our separate ways. And I kind of put it off and put it off, then eventually they just said “Look, we can tell your not really committed to the show, and we can’t write story lines. So we’ve decided to kill the character. It wasn’t really a surprise, but I wasn’t expecting it to happen when it did. But I certainly wasn’t surprised that they had to do that.'' <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://paul-campbell.net/news.php?view=news&newsid=11|title=Paul's Official Fan Website|date=2006-04-11|accessdate=2006-02-12|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Mark Houghton]] as [[Vinson]]<br />
*[[Eric Breker]] as [[Chu]]<br />
*[[David Neale]] as [[Page]]<br />
*[[Michael Ryan]] as [[Ray Abinell]]<br />
*[[Adrien Hughes]] as Lt. [[Terry Burrell]]<br />
*[[Erica Carroll]] as Civilian<br />
*[[James Upton]] as Environmental Specialist <br />
*[[Georgia Hacche]] as Petty Officer [[Sian]]<br />
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<div>: ''This article deals with the episode. For information on the ace Cylon Raider, see "[[Scar (Raider)]]"''<br />
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| title= Scar<br />
| season= 2<br />
| episode= 15<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer= [[David Weddle]] <br/> [[Bradley Thompson]]<br />
| story= <br />
| director= [[Michael Nankin]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating= 1.9<br />
| US airdate= 2006-02-03<br />
| UK airdate= 2006-04-11<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.5 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 49593<br />
| oldpopulation= 49597<br />
| prev= [[Black Market]]<br />
| next= [[Sacrifice]]<br />
| podcast= Y<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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: ''An ace Cylon Raider, nicknamed "[[Scar (Raider)|Scar]]" by the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots, has been causing problems for the Fleet. [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] and [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] compete to hunt it down while Starbuck pines for [[Samuel Anders|"a dead guy"]].''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
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* Several [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots have been killed while guarding the ''[[Majahual]]'', an ore mining ship located on top of a metal ore-rich asteroid. The Fleet's goal is to gather sufficient ore there to create two new squadrons of Vipers.<br />
* With the [[Resurrection Ship]] destroyed as well as most of the nearest Cylon fleet, the Cylons are far less brazen in attacks, sending only a few Raiders to harass the mining operation.<br />
* ''Galactica'' stays behind to guard the mining operation with their [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], while ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' stays with the civilian fleet at a remote location.<br />
* There is too much debris in the system to use [[DRADIS]] to quickly sight and kill the Raiders. [[Combat Air Patrol]]s are needed instead, using their [[Mark One Eyeball]] to find the Raiders.<br />
* One particular Raider, known as "[[Scar (Raider)|Scar]]," is the cause of the pilot deaths.<br />
* [[Kat]], now a seasoned and very talented pilot, challenges [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] over the "Top Gun" beer stein (currently held by Thrace) with the downing of Scar.<br />
* Thrace's depression over the inability to convince Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] to return to Caprica to rescue [[Samuel Anders]] and his [[Caprica Resistance]] causes her to drink excessively and behave very rashly. To suppress her feelings on the inability to fulfill her promise, Thrace begins to tell herself that Anders is dead.<br />
*Thrace turns to [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii]] for advice regarding Scar. Valerii explains that Raiders can reincarnate as well, and with the [[Resurrection Ship]] destroyed, Scar will do anything to survive.<br />
*Valerii also mentions that "he probably hates you (Thrace) as much as you hate him", as well as asking "how many of us" ''[sic]'' did Scar kill. In an unguarded moment, Valerii and Thrace reminisce over old times, but when Valerii reaches to touch Thrace in friendship, [[marines]] on guard make it clear that it is not permitted. As a distraught Thrace leaves, Sharon tells her to be careful.<br />
* When a rookie pilot from ''Pegasus'', [[Brent Baxton|BB]], is killed, Kat berates Starbuck for giving him "textbook" advice. Later, Kat berates a hungover Starbuck again for being late to lead her own pilot's briefing as well as assigning [[Snake]] in her place on CAP, which leads to [[Joseph Clark|Jo-Jo's]] death at the hands of Scar.<br />
* Thrace and [[Lee Adama]] talk over drinks, when Thrace propositions Adama for a "quick lay." The two pilots attack each other, clothes flying, but Thrace is too aggressive, which turns Adama's desire almost completely off. She admits that her feelings for Samuel Anders are very confused. When Adama tells her that it's the "living guys" she can't deal with, Thrace is so confused that she slaps Adama, then kisses him for his thoughtfulness in reminding her that he is her friend before she leaves his quarters.<br />
* Starbuck is on patrol with Kat as her wingman when they spot a Raider. Both chase the Raider, but Scar uses that second Raider as a decoy by trying to ambush the Vipers from behind.<br />
* Starbuck's instincts tell her to check their "six" (rear), which successfully locates Scar but leaves her Viper with moderate damage when Scar scores hits on her Viper.<br />
*Starbuck leads Scar into a canyon on an asteroid, flips, and flies at Scar on a collision course. Kat shouts at Starbuck to break off as Scar is a machine and won't break off. Starbuck realizes this; she is making a suicide run, as her mind begins to drift out of focus as she thinks of Anders. <br />
* At the last moment, Starbuck breaks off her [[CBDR]] run, and Scar chases her. Starbuck instructs Kat to ambush him from behind while Starbuck lures him into Kat's killzone, in a similar ambush that Scar attempted on them. The ambush is successful, with Kat winning her challenge over Starbuck.<br />
* Starbuck fills the "Top Gun" beer stein for Kat and congratulates her. Then, Starbuck praises the memory of the many pilots lost to Scar and past battles. Admiral Adama and Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], both laudable Viper pilots themselves in the [[Cylon War]], attend the celebration. Admiral Adama ends the tribute with "[[So say we all]]."<br />
*Kat places a picture of [[Reilly|Reilly's girlfriend]] in the [[memorial hallway]] in hopes that someone remembers her.<br />
* Training with Helo in the gym, Starbuck says that she could have killed Scar, but she would have killed herself in the process. Helo tells her that backing off and letting her wingman get the kill was the right thing to do. Helo notes that Starbuck didn't make the suicide run, because she has something to live for now in Anders.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
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*As implied by [[Sharon Agathon|Valerii]], is Scar a reincarnation of the Cylon Raider that Starbuck captures in "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]"? <br />
*The Fleet has obtained enough metal ore to eventually construct two new squadrons of Vipers: will they be Mark IIs, or Mark VIIs?<br />
*With Thrace serving on ''Galactica'', who is instructing [[nugget]]s on ''Pegasus''?<br />
*If Raiders reincarnate so that Cylon forces can benefit from their learned experience, why don't Centurions? ([[Cylon Centurion|Answer]])<br />
* Do basestars also have the ability to reincarnate given that they appear to be composed of similar bio-mechanical technology as the Raiders?<br />
*As the [[Resurrection Ship]] recon images (from "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]") only showed humanoid bodies awaiting download, how are the consciousnesses of dead Raiders stored and where are they transferred? <br />
* Exactly how many Cylon Raiders were lurking within the asteroid system, including Scar?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The title "Scar" refers to the "ace" Cylon Raider this episode centers around. While all Cylon Raiders appear visually identical, this particular unit has extensive hull damage, whether from asteroid impacts, scoring from near-misses or other debris, giving it a weathered, craggy look - essentially, "battle scars".<br />
*Many of the pilots Starbuck toasts are minor and recurring characters who have died in previous episodes. In the order she lists them:<br />
**[[Dwight Saunders|Flat Top]] - killed in deck accident in "[[Act of Contrition]]", along with twelve others.<br />
**[[Perry|Chuckles]] - killed in action during the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] in "[[The Hand of God]]".<br />
**[["Jolly" Anders|Jolly]] - killed in action in the [[Miniseries]], along with nineteen others.<br />
**[[Crashdown]] - shot by Dr. Gaius Baltar in "[[Fragged]]".<br />
**[[Flyboy]] - killed in action by a Cylon Centurion in [[Valley of Darkness]].<br />
**[[Stepchild]] - killed in action during the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] in "[[The Hand of God]]".<br />
**[[Fireball]] - killed in action during the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] in "[[The Hand of God]]".<br />
*Among those not mentioned were Maj. [[Jackson Spencer|Jackson "Ripper" Spencer]], KIA in the [[Miniseries]], and [[Karma]], KIA in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]". As noted in [[Podcast:Scar#Act 4|the podcast]], this is truthfully reflecting Starbuck's earlier comment that she can't remember the names of all of the pilots that have died. <br />
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*During the "previously on Battlestar Galactica" intro, a clip of a scene which has never actually aired before in any episode was played. In the scene, Starbuck argues to Adama and Roslin that they must mount a rescue operation to save the Caprica Resistance, but Adama and Roslin are in agreement that it is impossible and tell her they can't. This is the opening of the [[Pegasus (Extended Version)|extended cut]] of "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" that was released later on DVD:<br />
**'''Thrace: '''The Resistance base camp is here (''points at a map'') 300 klicks north of the only Cylon airbase in the area...<br />
**'''Roslin: ''' I respect what you're trying to do here, however...<br />
**'''Thrace: ''' We have a ''duty'' to the people we left behind.<br />
**'''Adama: ''' We understand that.<br />
**'''Thrace: ''' We ''have to'' find a way to Jump back to Caprica, and go get them--<br />
**'''Adama: '''--Kara!<br />
*During the "in this episode" sequence of the credits, there are two images not seen in the episode; one of Starbuck standing at a distance, and one of a gun being placed before the camera. These could have been cut from the training scene.<br />
* This episode was the third of the most recent four episodes to begin ''[[Wikipedia:In medias res|in medias res]]'', after [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] and [[Black Market]]. In terms of how the flashbacks were structured, going back and forth between past and current events, this episode most resembled "[[Act of Contrition]]". (However, the [[Podcast:Black Market|podcast]] for "[[Black Market]]" indicates that beginning that episode with Lee's confrontation with [[Phelan]] was not part of the original script and was done as an act of "desperation".)<br />
*As discussed in [[Podcast:Scar|the podcast]], writers David Weddle and Bradley Thompson are mostly responsible for expanding the minor pilot characters as the series has progressed. They wrote "[[Act of Contrition]]", in which the nuggets were introduced, then "[[The Hand of God]]", which was the second time they all appeared (and when Chuckles died). Kat and Hot Dog reappear in "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]" which Weddle and Thompson also wrote. The character of Kat received more development since "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]", the writers' most recent entry before this episode.<br />
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== Notes == <br />
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*A classic error made in most sci-fi franchises is made in this episode. It depicts asteroids in an asteroid field being in extremely close proximity with one another. However, asteroids in our and other solar systems are spaced very far apart from one another. <ref name="asteroid">{{cite web<br />
| url = http://www.solarviews.com/eng/asteroid.htm<br />
| title = Asteroid Introduction<br />
| accessdate = 2006-12-07<br />
| author = Calvin J. Hamilton<br />
| authorlinkurl = http://www.solarviews.com/eng/author.htm<br />
}} </ref><br />
*The survivor count is four less than displayed in "[[Black Market]]", accounting for the deaths of [[Jack Fisk]], [[Phelan]], and Fisk's killer. The survivor count, therefore, commences after "96 hours previously".<br />
*As the episode begins, mining ship ''[[Majahual]]'' has been conducting operations in a thick asteroid field for 29 days.<br />
*The [[landram]] from [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the Original Series]] makes a cameo appearance as we are first introduced to the ''Majahual''.<br />
*Kat is now qualified to fly [[Viper Mark VII]]s.<br />
*New nuggets are still being trained and added to the Fleet's ranks. Kat's assertion that "no replacements are coming" in "[[Final Cut]]" is no longer relevant with the arrival of ''Pegasus'' and her resources. Also, in "[[Act of Contrition]]", it is mentioned that ''Galactica'' didn't have any flight training simulators and thus preferred to train pilots having prior flight experience. With the arrival of ''Pegasus'', the Fleet now has Viper flight simulators and thus potential pilots can now be trained properly, even those with no prior experience.<br />
*Helo and Starbuck are further shown to be friendly in this episode.<br />
*Nuggets enter the [[Colonial Fleet]] at the rank of Ensign after completing flight training.<br />
*Pilot training apparently takes place on ''Pegasus'', with recruits being assigned to ''Galactica'' afterward.<br />
*Kara Thrace, despite serving as a pilot on ''Galactica'' under Lee adama, is still ''Pegasus'' CAG. She flies under Adama because the two battlestars have combined their resources for the mining operation's defense. <br />
*The Fleet has found an asteroid containing large supplies of vital metals needed to build completely new Vipers in earnest (instead of making do with what spare parts they have). The Fleet has obtained a large enough supply of metals to create two entire squadrons of Vipers. (It has never been definitively stated how many Vipers are in a "squadron", but based on non-official concept outlines various interviews, it is probably 20.)<br />
*''Pegasus'' has Viper production facilities, one of her more modern capabilities that ''Galactica'' lacks. During the episode, the ''Pegasus'' production team finishes its first combat-ready Viper. <br />
*Anders appears in flashbacks (re-used footage) in this episode.<br />
*[[Gaius Baltar]], [[Number Six]] and [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] do not appear in this episode.<br />
*Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] appears very briefly in this episode. Also, Lieutenants [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] and [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] appear in this episode, seen in [[CIC]], but have no speaking lines.<br />
*Starbuck and Kat use the word [[frak|motherfrakker]] in this episode, its second use since it was introduced in "[[Valley of Darkness]]"<br />
*In the podcast, it is revealed that a scene was cut of the pilots auctioning off [[Beano]]'s possessions, a tradition from the British Navy during the Napoleonic War Era. This auction, RDM explains, was a tribute to the fallen, as well as serving the practical purpose of recycling resources. There would be a shot of Apollo holding up Beano's "skin" magazine and taking bids, etc. This "skin" magazine can be briefly seen when Starbuck is packing it into a box of Reilly's personal effects. (Its name appears to be "[[Nymph]]".) During the following scene when they're talking about Scar in the pilot's loungeroom ("88 hours ago"), if you look closely in the background, you can see [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] reading it, having won the auction.<br />
*Lee Adama doesn't fly in this episode, and is never seen in a [[flight suit]]. A lot of the day-to-day work of being the CAG, such as assigning and briefing pilots, falls to Starbuck.<br />
*The little model plane on top of the "Top Gun" mug sported by Starbuck and Kat is actually a U.S. Navy [[wikipedia:F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18 Hornet]].<br />
*This episode bears some similarities to the ''[[w:Space: Above and Beyond|Space: Above and Beyond]]'' episodes "Never No More" and "The Angriest Angel," both of which dealt with the introduction of an "ace" alien fighter and its detrimental effect upon the Earth military's morale, and the ensuing efforts of a main character to hunt him down.<br />
*The song that plays in the final scene of this episode is "[[w:Cavatina (song)|Cavatina]]" by [[w:Stanley Myers|Stanley Myers]], well known as the theme from the film "[[w:The Deer Hunter|The Deer Hunter]]."<br />
*A [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Scar|deleted scene]] for this episode explains that Kat is giving a pilot briefing about Scar at one point (ending with "That's the motherfrakker I'm going to kill") because Starbuck was late for the meeting, so Kat assumed she wasn't coming at all and started without her. In the deleted scene, Stabuck comes into the room right after the original scene ends, argues with Kat for starting without her, and then moves right into the next scene where Starbuck is summarizing the tactical situation for the past month.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*{{audio|Scar - one Tigh is enough.mp3|''Kat responds to Starbuck's runaway drinking, after being called a "stim junkie".''}}<br />
:'''Kat''': One Tigh on this ship's enough.<br />
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*{{audio|Scar - get what we can.mp3|''Drinking heavily late at night, Apollo and Starbuck commiserate over all of the pilots that have died.}}<br />
:'''Apollo''': You know what gets me? I know that in two weeks, I won't remember his face. I can't remember any of their faces after they're killed. No matter how hard I try, they just fade.<br />
:'''Starbuck''': I don't even remember their names.<br />
:'''Apollo''': Names. Oh, let's see, there was- there was [[Flat Top]]. (Starbuck spits some of her drink on him) Who bought it on his thousandth landing. There was [[Chuckles]]. (Starbuck spits out some more beer) Stop it, already. Please, not funny. All right. It's not funny.<br />
:'''Starbuck''': It is funny. You know [[Laura Roslin|the President]] says that we're saving humanity for a bright, shiny future. On [[Earth]]. That you and I are never gonna see. We're not. Because we go out over and over again until someday, some [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|metal mother frakker]] is gonna catch us on a bad day and just blow us away.<br />
:'''Apollo''': Bright, shiny futures are overrated anyway.<br />
:'''Starbuck''': That is why we gotta get what we can. Right now.<br />
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*{{audio|Scar - Starbuck's toast.mp3|''After Starbuck pours Kat a drink in her new ''Galactica'' Top Gun mug, she raises a toast to nearly every pilot that has died since their flight from the Colonies.''}} <br />
:'''Starbuck:''' To BB, Jo-Jo, Reilly, Beano, Dipper, [[Dwight Saunders|Flat Top]], [[Perry|Chuckles]], [["Jolly" Anders|Jolly]], [[Crashdown]], Sheppard, Dash, [[Flyboy]], [[Stepchild]], Puppet, [[Fireball]]...(stops, crying)<br />
:'''Apollo:''' To all of 'em. <br />
:'''Admiral Adama:''' So say we all. <br />
:'''Crew:''' So say we all. <br />
:'''Starbuck:''' So say we all.<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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*According to an interview on Subject2Discussion.com on January 3rd, 2006, along with "Home" (Parts [[Home, Part I|One]], [[Home, Part II|Two]]), and "[[The Farm]]", this is one of Katee Sackhoff's favorite episodes.<br />
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* ''Sackhoff discusses her dislike of the Viper scenes:''<br />
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: Scar was really tough. It was all those scenes of technical mumbo jumbo so [[Luciana Carro|Luciana [Carro]]] and I decided to add it all together and do it as one big long scene. We were in and out of the Vipers all day long. It is exhausting.<ref>{{cite_news|first=Cullen|last=Ian M.|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/Sackhoff_Vipers.html|title=Sackhoff Admits To Hating The Viper Scenes|publisher=SciFi Pulse|page=|date=30 January 2007|accessdate=9 February 2007|language=}}</ref><br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lieutenant [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Christopher Jacot]] as Ensign [[Brent Baxton|Brent "BB" Baxton]]<br />
*[[Sean J. Dory]] as Ensign [[Joseph Clark|Joseph "Jo-Jo" Clark]]<br />
*[[Christian Tessier]] as Lieutenant [[Tucker Clellan|Tucker "Duck" Clellan]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<div>:''For information on the black market itself, see [[Black market (organization)]].''<br />
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| title= Black Market<br />
| season= 2<br />
| episode= 14<br />
| guests= [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br/>[[Bill Duke]] as [[Phelan]]<br />
| writer= [[Mark Verheiden]]<br />
| story= <br />
| director= [[James Head]]<br />
| production=<br />
| rating= 1.8<br />
| US airdate=2006-01-27<br />
| UK airdate=2006-04-04<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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: ''Captain [[Lee Adama]], battling haunting demons of his own from a spurned love lost on Caprica, investigates the murder of new ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' commander [[Jack Fisk]], and uncovers a black market that strains the resources of the Fleet.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
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*The recovered President [[Laura Roslin]], discusses her plan to eliminate black market problems within the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] in Adama's quarters with Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]], ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' Commander [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]], and Dr. [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]].<br />
*When he arrives back in his quarters on ''Pegasus'' (Cain's old quarters) Fisk is garroted by several black market gangsters. One in particular stands out as a well-dressed "businessman".<br />
*[[Lee Adama]], severely depressed since his ejection from the [[Blackbird]], has apparently been nurturing a relationship on ''[[Cloud 9]]'' with a woman named [[Shevon]], who has a young daughter named [[Paya]].<br />
*In a "morning after" talk, Lee and Shevon talk in tones that hint towards his wanting of a serious relationship. Shevon appears to dodge these, and requests 100 extra cubits as Lee is leaving since he "stayed the night".<br />
*In flashback scenes, we see a past love of Lee Adama on Caprica. The scenes revolve around a rendezvous between Lee and this girl, which resolves with her running away. The details and intensity of these flashbacks increase as the episode progresses.<br />
*Apollo finds a small fortune of luxury goods in Fisk's closet, including a gold bracelet with the monogram "E.T" on it. Apollo realizes it's [[Ellen Tigh]]'s, and confronts Col. [[Saul Tigh]] about it in his quarters. Tigh says that it was he and not his wife who traded it to Fisk for good liquor, fruit, etc. for Ellen and himself. Tigh explains that Fisk was deeply involved in using ''Pegasus'' as a hub to fence black market goods.<br />
*Dr. [[Cottle]]'s autopsy finds cubits jammed in Fisk's mouth, perhaps as a warning. Adama realizes that Fisk was trying to undercut one of his black market suppliers, and they took revenge. <br />
[[Image:Leeshevon.jpg|Lee with Shevon.|thumb]]<br />
*On ''[[Colonial One]]'', President Roslin, piecing together her [[Epiphanies|near-death recollections of Caprica]], becomes aware of Baltar's pre-holocaust contact with a copy of [[Number Six|the Humanoid Cylon]] known to the Fleet as "[[Shelly Godfrey]]" and "[[Gina]]". She candidly asks Dr. Baltar, her vice president, to resign. While he never wanted any political power in his life or the office at first, he wants to stay VP now. Roslin tells him it's not an offer she'll make again, but he leaves anyway. <br />
*Off duty, working out in ''Galactica's'' gym, [[Anastasia Dualla]] comes to [[Lee Adama]] to bravely ask if their flirtation while working out is leading somewhere. Adama has no idea what to say, and Dualla takes the quiet hint.<br />
*Lee Adama rushes to Shevon's quarters on ''Cloud 9'' after she calls for help. He finds the bruised Shevon and Paya, and decides to take them to ''Galactica'', but is ambushed by thugs, who nearly garrote him. As he is held within a breath of his life, he is confronted by a well-dressed, blunt "businessman", who warns him to back off of the investigation. <br />
*After the beating, Apollo notices the corpse of the man that garroted Fisk. [[Tom Zarek]] drops by the scene in Shevon's room later, and discusses the black market with Apollo. <br />
*Zarek points out that the black market does get supplies where they are needed. Nonetheless, Zarek mentions the central hub of the black market, ''[[Prometheus]]'', a ship so lawless it's practically "off the grid", where you can supposedly get anything. Zarek gives a name to the "businessman" -- [[Phelan]] -- and tells Apollo that he probably took Shevon there. Additionally, he points out that Phelan has given Lee the murderer -- the thug with a bullet in his head -- and that it should be considered "a way out."<br />
*On ''Prometheus'', alone, Lee Adama searches and finds Paya and other children locked up.<br />
*Apollo encounters Phelan in the ''Prometheus's'' bar. Apollo warns that ''Galactica'' is fully aware of his location, and that the battlestar would vent ''Prometheus's'' air into space unless he gets Shevon and Paya back, and the black market is shut down.<br />
*Phelan counters that the Fleet needs the black market; it's like a pressure valve. Whenever a ship falls behind in the supply schedule, the black market fills the need. Phelan states that they sell all things to fill all wants, including ''child'' prostitution. Adama is horrified. Shevon is dragged out and admits to her work for Phelan as a prostitute.<br />
*Taking a gun from one of Phelan's guards, Adama threatens Phelan about the black market crossing the line and after several flashbacks, shoots him in the chest. <br />
*Apollo turns to Phelan's guards, also in shock, and tells them that he's not going to shut down all black market trade because the Fleet needs it for vital supplies whether he likes it or not. However, they continue their business at his whim only. If there are more killings, if they hold back essential medicines or use children, he will annihilate them without restraint.<br />
*Shevon rejects Apollo, telling him he doesn't really care for her and only sees her as a replacement for the girl he left on Caprica.<br />
*Back on ''Colonial One'', the Adamas present their reports to the President. Roslin is upset that Apollo did not shut down the black market, but Apollo counters that they will never have a perfect system and there will always be a black market.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
*How were the black market gangsters able to penetrate ''Pegasus'''s security, causing the death of its second commanding officer in a short period? Were they able to enter and leave without notice, because Fisk's dealing with them were general knowledge?<br />
*At the end of the episode, Zarek is seen walking in a crowd on the ''Prometheus'', with one of Phelan's old men nearby. Is Zarek going to try to fill the power vacuum left in the wake of Phelan's death? Was it just showing how everyone needs to use the black market, even someone like Tom Zarek who claims to wash his hands of involvement with it?<br />
**Did Zarek somehow set up the entire incident to get Apollo to kill Phelan for him, allowing him to take over control of the black market? <br />
**It's possible that Zarek is going to fill the gap with his own agents and use it as political leverage against President Roslin at some future point in time.<br />
*The woman that William Adama discusses with his son. Is it Shevon, the prostitute (the obvious, close-at-hand issue)? Or, is it the girl back on Caprica (the deeper-seated, much more affecting issue)?<br />
*Hasn't Roslin openly accused Baltar of collaborating with the Cylons after "[[Epiphanies]]", because she lacks proof?<br />
*Did Apollo's pregnant former love on Caprica actually die, or is she perhaps one of the handful of survivors? Or worse, a prisoner in one of the Cylon [[farms]]?<br />
*Who will take command of ''Pegasus'' following Fisk's death? ([[Barry Garner|Answer]])<br />
*Where does the Black Market get all their goods, given the finite supplies on the fleet?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
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*This is the third episode to use a "flash forward" introduction to the storyline as a hook (''[[wikipedia:in medias res|in medias res]]''); this was also used just two episodes previous in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]". Ron Moore has said that the device was added after he was disappointed with initial cuts of the episode to try to add suspense. The narrative technique also appeared in "[[Act of Contrition]]".<br />
*To some viewers Apollo's recent angst may appear as rather hastily added to the character. However, another facet of it was addressed in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" when he admits to Starbuck, "I didn't wanna come back alive."<br />
*The Apollo-Dualla relationship, a story thread running since "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]", appears to have been stopped very abruptly, with only Adama's emotional state as an excuse in ending their flirtation. The manner in which Dualla and Adama speak to each other seems out of character. Dualla later appears with [[Billy Keikeya]], where he says little, and Dualla appears ready to give Adama up and continue things more seriously with Billy. <br />
*RDM stated the relationship was introduced, because the writers thought it would make an interesting love triangle. <br />
*It is interesting to note Shevon's final reaction to and rejection of Apollo. Given the dire straits a person in her position would find themselves in, one might think that she would be grateful for the patronage of a (relatively) powerful and generally decent man like Apollo, regardless of whom he saw her as a substitute for.<br />
** Shevon's rejection may merely have been choosing to be used on a level she was familiar with (working in the black market) as opposed to an unfamiliar or discomfiting one (as Apollo's replacement girlfriend by proxy).<br />
*Like many murder mysteries, the episode appears to be without a special point or purpose other than to unravel the mystery. Perhaps the writers were attempting to stress the 'realism' of living in a "rag tag fugitive fleet" of civilians, in that there would probably be gangsters carving out fiefdoms who would run drug, medicine, and prostitution rackets. The solution is self-contained, as the "good guy" promptly kills the leaders and shuts it down in its current state. All in all, the story merely serves as a vehicle to explore Lee Adama as a character.<br />
*The show takes a really dark turn when it makes mention of child prostitution, even if this isn't anything that several modern police-dramas haven't done already, and nothing is "shown"; a character just mentions in dialog that he runs a ring of this.<br />
*The storyline of Apollo's pregnant girlfriend on Caprica is unusual in that this episode is the first mention of such a crucial backstory thread. Considering the extent to which the memory seems to weigh Lee down, it seems contrived to introduce it so late in the series, especially when there are [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|other circumstances]] that could have been used to explore his emotional turmoil. In addition, confusion arose concerning Shevon's line about Adama's old flame "want(ing) to give you a child." That is, many viewers may not have understood that Adama's old love was actually already pregnant.<br />
*[[Jack Fisk]] being killed as easily as Cain is implausible. Admiral Adama is now escorted by marines at all times. With Cain's [[Gina|killer still on the loose]], it would rational for Fisk to have some paranoia.<br />
**Phelan and his men clearly had access to Fisk already and might have boarded ''Pegasus'' claiming to be on official business.<br />
**Considering that an attempt on Adama's life has already happened once, marines should have been escorting him from the very beginning. With Fisk and Cain now both dead, there may be a standing Fleet or Colonial military order in place that automatically activates, similar to such real-world orders.<br />
*The scene between Baltar and Roslin was interesting in its scripting and acting. Roslin is determined to be ''extremely'' polite, forceful, and cheery despite the fact that she's making a power play and now ''knows'' Baltar has something to do with the fall of the Colonies.<br />
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== Notes == <br />
*Ron D. Moore admits in his podcast that this episode did not live up to his expectations. The long complaint about failed goals he made in his blog was actually about this episode.<br />
*Survivor count for this episode is 49,597. That is one less than last week's episode, "[[Epiphanies]]" in which a suicide bomber attacks the tylium [[refinery ship|refinery]]. However, bodies are seen blasted into space, and Adama actually says in dialog "people are dead", so more than one should have died. However, this number is occasionally offset by new babies born in the Fleet, which can account for some small discrepancies.<br />
*Zarek notes that he is the representative of the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', although in "[[Colonial Day]]", he was elected to represent the colony of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Sagittaron|Sagittaron]]. Given the nature of the conversation, however, he may have been speaking of his status as ''de facto'' leader of the ''Astral Queen'' instead of his political position.<br />
*As seen in "[[Final Cut]]", there are occasionally meetings of all the ships in the Fleet.<br />
*Bill Duke (Phelan) also appeared in the sci-fi film ''[[Wikipedia:Predator|Predator]]'', and played Bolivar Trask in ''[[Wikipedia:X-Men 3|X-Men 3]]''.<br />
*Prostitution was legal in the Twelve Colonies; this is a nod to [[socialator]]s of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] ([[Podcast:Black Market]]).<br />
*Apollo pilots a Raptor alone to get to the ''Prometheus''. As also seen in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]", he is qualified to fly both Vipers and Raptors.<br />
*John Mann, the actor who portrayed [[Jackson Spencer]], the original Galactica CAG in the Miniseries, makes a second appearance in this episode (in a deleted scene) as [[Linden]], who directs Apollo to Phelan<br />
*Much of the regular cast, including [[Kara Thrace]], [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Helo]], [[Felix Gaeta]], [[Galen Tyrol]], and [[Cally]] do not appear in this episode.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*{{audio|Black Market - Phelan's last words.mp3|''Speaking to Lee Adama.''}}<br />
:'''Phelan''': You're not gonna shoot. You're not like me. You're not gonna--(Apollo shoots him in the chest midsentence)--Uhuhhh...<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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*''In an interview in issue #197 of TV Zone, James Callis (Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]) said'': "Mary and I had a great deal of fun doing a scene where the President tells Baltar in no uncertain terms that she doesn’t like him and wants him to resign. He’s not very happy about that."<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Graham Beckel]] as Commander [[Jack Fisk]]<br />
*[[Claudette Mink]] as [[Shevon]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Amy Lalonde]] as [[Gianne]]<br />
*[[Hayley Guiel]] as [[Paya]]<br />
*[[John Mann]] as [[Linden]]<br />
*[[James Ashcroft]] as Security Officer<br />
*[[Brad Mann]] as Pegasus [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]]<br />
*[[Gustavo Febres]] as Herbalist<br />
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image = 2BATejC05.jpg<br />
| title= Epiphanies<br />
| season= 2<br />
| episode= 13<br />
| guests= [[Colm Feore]] as President [[Richard Adar|Adar]]<br />
| writer= [[Joel Anderson Thompson]]<br />
| story= <br />
| goof= Y<br />
| director=[[Rod Hardy]]<br />
| production= 213<br />
| rating= 1.9<br />
| US airdate= 2006-01-20<br />
| UK airdate= 2006-04-28<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.5 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 49598<br />
| oldpopulation= 49604<br />
| prev= [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]<br />
| next= [[Black Market]]<br />
| podcast= Y<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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: ''Admiral [[William Adama]] questions whether or not [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]'s pregnancy should be aborted. Meanwhile Roslin's health declines rapidly as a pro-Cylon peace group attempts to sow violence and discontent within the Fleet.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
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* President [[Laura Roslin]] is brought on board ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' for intensive care treatment. She has days to live.<br />
* Captain [[Kara Thrace]] and Lieutenant [[Louanne Katraine]] are conducting Viper tests. During a test of the Viper's projectile systems, Kat's port gun is destroyed and a piece of it impacts on Thrace's cockpit.<br />
* [[Cally]] and CPO [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] discover that several rounds of ammunition from the damaged Viper are unusually light and fragile. These rounds break and misfire, leaving the projectile lodged in the barrel. When the next round fires, the overpressure destroys the gun. They determine the ammunition has been sabotaged.<br />
*The sabotage investigation quickly leads [[Lee Adama]] and Kara Thrace to [[Asha Janik]], one of the recent civilian hirees in ''Galactica's'' [[armory]]. When they apprehend her, she declares her allegiance to an [[Demand Peace|organization]] claiming to want peace with the Cylons.<br />
*Vice President [[Gaius Baltar]] is given the presidential tour by [[Billy Keikeya]] in preparation for his assumption of the Presidency. Billy reveals a letter from Roslin, to be opened upon her death. <br />
* The new peace movement, led by [[Royan Jahee]], gains momentum as the civilian population begins to realize that victory against the Cylons is impossible and questions the Fleet's 'attack-and-retreat' tactics. <br />
* An infusion of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii's]] fetal blood ostensibly destroys the cancerous masses in Roslin's system. Valerii's pregnancy is allowed to continue for further research.<br />
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===On Caprica, prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Attack]]===<br />
*Roslin finds out she has cancer.<br />
*Roslin meets with President [[Richard Adar]] to discuss a teacher's strike, and his response.<br />
*Roslin meets with the leader of the educational alliance, Naylin Stans, and strikes an agreement.<br />
*Adar disagrees with Roslin's methods and results, and asks for her resignation.<br />
*Roslin refuses to resign for the moment, and departs for ''Galactica's'' decommissioning ceremony.<br />
*Roslin sees [[Gaius Baltar]] with [[Number Six]] in her dream state. She then seems alarmed to see Dr. Baltar when she wakes up and tries to say something to him.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
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*Kara Thrace is flying Mk. II Vipers with ''Galactica's'' pilots again. Is she still the CAG of ''Pegasus''?<br />
*Now that Roslin recalls Baltar's involvement with a Cylon agent on Caprica, what will she do about it? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|One answer]])<br />
*Given that [[Asha Janik]] had no previous criminal activity or associations, how is Captain Adama able to determine that she, by name, was responsible for the munitions sabotage?<br />
*Will there be any consequences for Helo's near-mutiny?<br />
*Will Roslin's attitude toward the Cylon fetus change following her recovery? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer]])<br />
*Roslin's recent series of Machiavellian orders (Cain's assassination in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]", and the forced abortion here) appear to have been facilitated by her belief that, given her impending death, she wouldn't have to deal with the ethical ramifications. Will this alter her relationship with Admiral Adama in the long term?<br />
*Is security really so lax that Baltar (whom Adama does not consider especially trustworthy) would be able to smuggle one of ''Galactica's'' very few nuclear warheads off-ship?<br />
* ''Galactica'' and its Raptors are capable of detecting radiological devices. Why wasn't the bomb noticed in transit? (see [[Epiphanies#Analysis|Analysis]])<br />
*Alternately, is the nuclear device actually functional? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer]]) <br />
*Why aren't there posters of [[Gina]] scattered all over the fleet to inform everyone of her Cylon identity, making it difficult for her to hide, let alone lead a Cylon-sympathy movement?<br />
*Does Gina "remember" Number Six's memories about having a relationship with Baltar on Caprica, or even after? In "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", she does not seem to know him, as Baltar introduces himself to her and explains that he had a relationship with another Cylon copy of her model. Here, however, it seems like she remembers having a physical relationship with him.<br />
*Why is it that in the last episode, "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]", Sharon is not noticeably pregnant even when wearing a close-fitting tank top, but is now suddenly visibly quite progressed in her pregnancy? (This is part of the [[Season two timeline discontinuity]])<br />
*Now that Roslin is no longer dying of cancer, is she still the "Dying Leader" foretold by the Book of [[Pythia]]? ([[Crossroads, Part I|Possible answer]])<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
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* The survivor count this episode is 49,598, a net loss of six since "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]". [[Helena Cain|Admiral Cain]] and the ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' marine killed by [[Gina]] account for two. Presumably the remaining were pilots or crew lost during the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|attack]] on the [[Resurrection Ship]].<br />
** This seems to be extremely good fortune, as the two battlestars engaged in a major fleet action for an extended time.<br />
* Roslin's affair with Adar was suggested by her comment in the [[Miniseries]] that "he had a way about him... you just couldn't say 'no' to him."<br />
*Naylin Stans implies that he believes the teacher's strike is a cause worth dying for. This claim is ridiculously hyperbolic.<br />
**The fact that President Adar was willing to use the military to enforce a back-to-work order seems to indicate that the protest must've been more serious than simple wage issues.<br />
*Roslin's medical chart showed her name and other information such as date of birth, but this information was too blurry for viewers to read.<br />
*Roslin's recollections of Baltar on Caprica do not match the same scene in the Miniseries. For example: Baltar and Six did walk together and kiss, and she was carrying the same case in her left hand, but they did not "make out" against a wall. Each character did end the Miniseries scene by saying they were meeting someone else, however.<br />
**Logically, it wasn't the same scene. Baltar and Six were on Caprica for a while, and they could easily have been making at a different time on the same day. The episode actually makes no attempt to establish that Roslin is seeing the same scene of Baltar and Number Six (that we the viewers saw in the Miniseries), from a different angle.<br />
*Watching closely during the early scene when Starbuck and Kat are flying the CAP, it seems probable that actress Luciana Carro (Kat) said the real "F word" instead of the ersatz "[[Frak]]", which was then dubbed over (it's a closeup so you can tell her lips don't quite correspond to it). She actually seems to have done this in the past on many occasions.<br />
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*Roslin's cancer cure seemed somewhat a "[[Wikipedia:Deus ex machina |deus ex machina]]." For more analysis on the cure, see this [[Science in the Re-imagined Series#The Cancer Cure of Laura Roslin | section]] of the article [[Science in the Re-imagined Series]].<br />
**It should be noted that the cure might not be permanent and the cancer may return in the future (as hinted by Ronald D. Moore in the podcast for this episode).<br />
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*A nuclear warhead was smuggled from ''Galactica'' to ''Cloud Nine''. How would such a device possibly get past the various [[Radiological Alarm|radiological sensors]] throughout the Fleet? <br />
**This was a plot complication used in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" as well when a copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] claimed that a nuclear device was hidden in the Fleet. "Flesh and Bone" established that Colonial radiological scanning technology is limited; it would take hours for them to scan the entire Fleet. The process does work faster when they ''know'' specifically what ship to scan, such as the ''Olympic Carrier'' when it reappeared in "[[33]]" because it was a potential hostile, or Cylon ships. Here, they didn't know they should scan the outgoing Raptor (how frequently do people move nuclear warheads in the Fleet ''without'' their knowledge?) so they didn't think to scan it; they do not scan all air trafic.<br />
**Like any device, [[Radiological Alarm|radiological sensors]] are only effective when they are online. It is possible that these sensors are intelligent enough to ignore known radioactive sources, such as Galatica's existing stores of nuclear warheads.<br />
**That the nuke even got on board departing craft shows incredibly lax security measures on Galactica. A known terrorist representative was leaving Galactica with an unidentified container with unknown contents. Someone should have inquired about it.<br />
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*The explosion of the bomb on the refinery ship is powerful enough to create a sizable hole on the ship. While space is a vacuum and so shock waves do not carry as they would in an atmosphere, the Raptor that flew close to the ship and was not very far from the explosion should probably be damaged from flying debris.<br />
**Raptors, being warships, presumably have some shielding against shrapnel.<br />
*Baltar's motivation for saving Roslin was two-fold: One, he didn't necessarily want the job of shepherding humanity, at least not until an opportunity presented itself where doing so would save his hide again ([[Downloaded|later episodes]]). Most importantly, with his virtual Six nagging and threatening him, saving Roslin provided the reason to keep the Cylon child as a valuable commodity to where even Roslin realized that it was different.<br />
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== Notes == <br />
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* This episode is part of the [[Season two timeline discontinuity]]. <br />
*In the podcast, [[Ron Moore]] stated that a longer, more detailed explanation of the curing of Roslin's cancer using fetal hybrid blood was filmed - explaining that it was the fetal blood stem cells from the baby that were the actual cure - but Moore was afraid that this would be seen as [[technobabble]] and criticized by fans, so it was edited down to a truncated version. Ironically, this resulted in widespread complaint in critic reviews and fan messageboards that there was ''too little'' explanation in the final version.<br />
* [[Lee Adama]] is once again a Captain, and has been reinstated as ''Galactica's'' CAG. His authority apparently extends to the ''Pegasus'' squadrons as well. This is consistent with [[Cole Taylor]]'s authority over ''Galactica's'' air wing, when ''Pegasus'' was the flagship.<br />
* [[Gina]] has joined the Cylon sympathizers. The other members of the resistance are apparently unaware she is a [[Cylon agent]].<br />
* Roslin was in an intimate relationship with President Adar.<br />
*Roslin now recalls witnessing [[Gaius Baltar]]'s affair with a copy of [[Number Six]] on Caprica, prior to the attack.<br />
* The [[Media:Radiation Symbol.jpg|radiation symbol]] used by the colonials is different from the one used in reality, but is still easily recognizable.<br />
*''Galactica'' has been recruiting civilians to handle "grunt work" on the hangar deck.<br />
*Baltar was aware of the [[Demand Peace]] movement prior to this episode.<br />
*At least three bodies can be seen being vented into space after the explosion onboard ''[[Daru Mozu]]''.<br />
*The file photograph of Number Six is of [[Shelly Godfrey]], seen in the episode "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]".<br />
* The nuclear device Dr. Baltar gives the resistance is the same one he was given to create his [[Cylon detector]] in "[[Bastille Day]]".<br />
* ''Pegasus'' is barely featured in this episode, and none of her crew or interior locations are seen, except in the pre-episode recap.<br />
*Admiral Adama continues to wear his commander's [[Uniforms (RDM)|uniform]] with new admiral's rank insignia at his collar.<br />
**Adama is a pragmatist who tends to eschew ceremony.<br />
*This episode, which contained the issue of abortion, was aired on January 20th, 2 days before the anniversary of the United States Supreme Court [[Wikipedia:Roe v. Wade|Roe v. Wade]] decision of 1973.<br />
**The issue of abortion was not, however, directly addressed—very few, if any, real-life abortions happen because of the national security implications.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*{{audio|Epiphanies - terminating the pregnancy.mp3|''Admiral Adama informs Agathon of Roslin's decision to terminate Sharon's pregnancy.''}}<br />
:'''William Adama:''' There's no easy way to say this. It's about [[Sharon Agathon|the Cylon]]. The [[Laura Roslin|President]] has decided that her pregnancy will be terminated. <br />
:'''[[Karl Agathon]] (taken aback):''' What? Why? <br />
:'''Adama:''' Doc [[Cottle]] discovered some anomalies in the fetal blood work. <br />
:'''Agathon:''' Isn't that expected? <br />
:'''Adama:''' Maybe. But the President believes that to allow the baby to come to full term, it constitutes an unacceptable risk to [[the Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]]. <br />
:'''Agathon:''' I don't understand. Sharon's only [[Flight of the Phoenix|helped us]] since she came back from [[The Twelve Colonies#Caprica|Caprica]]. She even turned on her own. <br />
:'''Adama:''' To save her life. Don't mistake the will to live for genuine compassion, Lieutenant. She's still the enemy.<br />
:'''Agathon:''' Does she know? <br />
:'''Adama:''' Not yet. <br />
:'''Agathon:''' Then I should be the one to tell her. If that's all, sir. <br />
:'''Adama:''' Helo, I don't expect you to agree to the decision, but I need you to ''accept'' it. <br />
:'''Agathon:''' We're talking about my child, sir. Part of me. But I guess it's easier to kill when you call it a Cylon.<br />
:'''Adama:''' Dismissed. <br />
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*''During Roslin's flashbacks:''<br />
:'''President Richard Adar:''' {{audio|Epiphanies - one of the most interesting things about president.mp3|One of the most interesting things about being President is that you don't have to explain yourself. To anyone.}}<br />
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::*Roslin earlier attributed this saying to Adar in the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]".<br />
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:'''Secretary Roslin:''' {{audio|Epiphanies - be prepared to fight.mp3|I am on my way to the ''Galactica'' to represent this administration. When I return, if you still want my job, be prepared to fight.}}<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Paul Perri]] as [[Royan Jahee]]<br />
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt.[[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[David Richmond-Peck]] as [[Naylin Stans]]<br />
*[[Holly Dignard]] as [[Asha Janik]]<br />
*[[Jennifer Kitchen]] as [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]]<br />
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| image = Gina-Cain.jpg<br />
| title= Resurrection Ship, Part II<br />
| series= <br />
| season= 2<br />
| episode= 12<br />
| guests=[[Michelle Forbes]] as Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]]<br />
| writer=[[Ronald D. Moore]] <br/> [[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| story= <br />
| director=[[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production=212<br />
| rating= 1.9<br />
| US airdate=2006-01-13<br />
| UK airdate=2006-03-21<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.5 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 49604<br />
| oldpopulation= 49604<br />
| prev= [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]<br />
| next= [[Epiphanies]]<br />
| podcast= Y<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''The battlestars ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' engage in [[Attack on the Resurrection Ship|an all-out battle]] to destroy the Cylon “Resurrection” ship.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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*The episode begins in a forward-flashback (as did "[[Act of Contrition]]"), as viewers see [[Lee Adama]] floating in a planetary body of water. He sees something approaching him—it is a Cylon [[Raider]] with a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] in hot pursuit, and we return to reality to see Apollo floating in space in his ejection seat.<br />
*A title card, "48 Hours Earlier," appears, setting the stage before Apollo's dream. [[Kara Thrace]] asks [[Lee Adama]] for backup on her mission to assassinate Admiral Cain. Adama accepts, and reassures Thrace of the importance of trust as he embraces her.<br />
*[[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] are bound and beaten in the brig by upset ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' officers, aided again by their [[Colonial Marine Corps|marines]], until Executive officer [[Jack Fisk]] arrives to break it up.<br />
*[[Helena Cain]] and [[Kara Thrace]] have a drink together, and Cain asks Thrace to promise not to flinch when she has to commit a "terrible sin."<br />
*Lieutenant Lee Adama makes a courier run to ''Galactica'', taking the opportunity to ask his father about Thrace's special mission. [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] is uninterested in discussing the issue, but young Adama is surprised to know that President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] is involved in the assassination plot.<br />
*Thrace and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' XO Jack Fisk both prepare for their assassination missions, as well as the attack on the Resurrection Ship.<br />
* Before Commander Adama proceeds with his assassination plan on Cain, he solicits advice from the cooperative Cylon captive, [[Sharon Agathon]], asking her why the Cylons hate humanity as they do. She reminds him of a portion of his decommissioning speech ([[Miniseries]]), asking whether humanity has asked ''itself'' if it is deserving to survive despite its failings.<br />
*The [[Resurrection Ship]] and at least one [[Basestar_(RDM)|basestar]] are destroyed by the Colonials.<br />
*During the battle, the [[Blackbird]] is successful in disabling the Resurrection Ship. While escaping, the Blackbird is heavily damaged when it crashes into a disabled Raptor. Lieutenant Adama is able to eject in time as the Blackbird is destroyed.<br />
*Floating in space, Apollo's [[flight suit]] springs a leak. Communications officer [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] tries frantically to contact him, but Apollo does not respond by choice. Later he releases the last of the air in his [[flight suit]] and says, "I'm sorry, Kara," losing consciousness just as a [[SAR]] Raptor appears in the nick of time to save him.<br />
*[[Gaius Baltar]]'s feelings for [[Number Six]] transfer to the copy named [[Gina]], who is tangible and more ''human'' than his internal Number Six. He repeats to Gina a story told to him by Six about going to watch [[Pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] games, finally taking her hands in his as Baltar's internal Six disappears in sadness. As Gina senses the destruction of the Resurrection Ship, she takes a sidearm from a marine she kills, with Baltar's help, and asks Baltar to kill her, noting that suicide is a sin. Baltar refuses, gives her the sidearm, and tells her she needs justice, ostensibly referring to Admiral Cain and her tyranny.<br />
*[[William Adama]] and [[Helena Cain]] both speak over [[wireless]] to conspirators [[Jack Fisk]] and [[Kara Thrace]], respectively, but neither commander gives the order to assassinate the other.<br />
*After the battle, Gina shoots and kills [[Helena Cain|Admiral Cain]] in the admiral's quarters. Cain is challenging to the last, unregretful of the treatment that Gina has been given. Gina soon disappears from ''Pegasus.''<br />
*At Cain's funeral, Kara Thrace speaks admiringly of her, saying the Fleet would have been safer with her than it is without her. This statement raises a stare from Commander Adama.<br />
*As Lee Adama confides to Thrace that he didn't want to survive the mission, [[Anastasia Dualla]] stands outside Adama's quarters eavesdropping, visibly worried about young Adama.<br />
*''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' and her crew remain in the Fleet, with [[William Adama]] becoming an admiral to command both battlestars. After receiving new admiral's insignia from [[Laura Roslin]], he gives her a brief but affectionate kiss, to the smiles of both.<br />
*Laura Roslin is now visibly weakened by her fight with cancer, and her composure and strength are failing. Her end appears near.<br />
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[[Image:Ep212battle.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Cylon basestar under assault]]<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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* Why didn't Cain issue the order for Adama's execution? Was it a change of heart or did she suspect that her life was in jeopardy by Thrace?<br />
* Subsequent to [[Gina]]'s killing of Cain, Gina disappears from ''Pegasus'' and Colonial military imprisonment (as promised by Baltar). Where is she being hidden? ([[Epiphanies|Answer]])<br />
* [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] hands Gina a weapon in the ante-room of the ''Pegasus'' brig. Wouldn't a high-security area be equipped with surveillance cameras? Has Baltar disappeared as well?<br />
*We only saw one basestar destroyed. Was the other destroyed, or was it able to jump away with the surviving Raiders and support ships?<br />
* Why did Lieutenant (demoted) Lee Adama remove his hand from pressing on the torn spacesuit? Why did he want to die, as he said to Starbuck?<br />
* Is Lee Adama becoming depressed and unable to command his pilots? ([[Black Market|Answer]])<br />
* How many new Viper squadrons and pilots have been added to the Fleet?<br />
* How will Adama deal with the mob-level brutality that appears throughout ''Pegasus''? ([[The Captain's Hand|Answer]])<br />
* How closely have the Cylons studied the memories of Boomer aboard ''Galactica'', and the other [[Cylon agent|spies]] in the Fleet?<br />
* How will Kara Thrace's comments at Cain's funeral affect her relationship with now-Admiral Adama? ([[Torn|Answer]])<br />
* In "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]", Baltar forces Boomer into revealing that eight Cylons are still in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. However, this obviously does not take into account the introduction of ''Pegasus''. Thus, are there any more Cylon agents are aboard ''Pegasus''? If so, what do they number?<br />
* Will these agents be more careful in what they do, knowing that resurrection is no longer possible? ([[Torn|Answer]])<br />
* Will another [[Blackbird]] be constructed?<br />
* Will Adama stay aboard ''[[Galactica_(RDM)|Galactica]]'' now that he's been promoted? ([[The Captain's Hand|Answer]])<br />
* Are there going to be any other promotions? ([[The Captain's Hand|Answer]])<br />
* Who will become the [[CAG]] of ''Galactica'' as [[Kara_Thrace|Starbuck]] and [[Lee_Adama|Apollo]] were assigned to [[Pegasus_(RDM)|Pegasus]] at the time Admiral Cain was assassinated? ([[The Captain's Hand|Answer]])<br />
* What changes in the Cylon strategy will we see, now that the [[Resurrection Ship]] has been destroyed? ([[Scar|Answer]])<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The beating of Helo and the Chief was edited so that in the teaser, all we see is the "Sunshine Boys" entering the cell with their marines, about to tie the two up while making threatening comments. Given that they were involved in the gang rape of Gina, many viewers left the teaser fearing that far worse was going to happen to Agathon and Tyrol than simply being beaten with soap wrapped in towels.<br />
* The basestar/battlestar battle was epic, although viewers did not see a great deal of it from a play-by-play standpoint. The pairing of an advanced battlestar such as ''Pegasus'' with the oldest battlestar, ''Galactica'', likely illustrates why the Cylons used [[CNP|sabotage]] instead of all-out war to [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|defeat the Twelve Colonies]]. With proper planning, battlestars working in tandem will shred a basestar in a close-range attack, which uses missiles and fighters, but appears to have no gun batteries itself.<br />
*Lee Adama's collision with the downed [[Raptor]] occurred partly because Adama was looking behind him, examining the damage he dealt to the Resurrection Ship. This may be symbolic of one of young Adama's character flaws: he is always looking backward, always examining what he's done instead of keeping his attention on the here and now. See "[[Water]]", where Lee agonizes over firing on the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'' while his father warns him specifically about not second-guessing himself. This theme also parallels Cain's words—-which Starbuck echoes at her funeral—-about not flinching or second-guessing when terrible things have to be done.<br />
* Obviously, the writers felt that the battle was less important than the events planned immediately after--the mutual attempts by Cain and Adama to kill each other. Viewers enter the battle scene at the stage where the battlestars tackle the destruction of the basestars, although there was a ruse earlier involving the entire [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. This quick segue was also likely done in light of the cost for the visual effects, since the shots of the battlestar attacks would be greatly desired by the fans, but also be new VFX and therefore expensive.<br />
* The pregnant Sharon Valerii again shows that she has the memories of the 'original' Boomer, which was previously shown in the season opener when she started to tell Starbuck of the time they met.<br />
* A new love triangle is formed as Gaius Baltar seems more fixated on the ''notion'' of Gina and her pain rather than the feelings of his virtual Number Six, who unsuccessfully pleads him not to aid Gina in killing herself. As he takes Gina's hand, the virtual Six disappears from view in the scene. Perhaps Baltar needed to touch a "real" Six copy, and is also swayed by her "humanity"--her vulnerability and weakness, as well as her differing interpretation on how she thinks [[God]] will forgive the Colonials for the destruction of the Cylon fleet. <br />
* In another example of Gaius' ability to multi-task, he relates to Gina as his own the anecdote that Six told him (about purchasing two tickets when she went to see Pyramid games, as the extra ticket permitted her to imagine Gaius watched the game with her). The anecdote serves two conversations at once. The anecdote reinforces his bond with Gina and indicates to Six that flesh-and-blood Gina is of far greater importance to him than (presumably non-corporeal) Six, or the tens of thousands of Cylons who are about to die, permanently, with the destruction of the resurrection ship. Baltar's relationship with Six in the future will likely be a strained one.<br />
*Admiral Adama's affectionate kiss with [[Laura Roslin]], although not necessarily romantic in nature, opens up all kinds of new story possibilities and complications for the characters and the Fleet. It might have been considered by some viewers to be the most surprising part of the whole episode since no information on this scene was noted in advance of the show's airing. As noted by RDM in the podcast commentary, the kiss was improvised by Olmos. His and McDonnell's acting continues to be exemplary.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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*Vireem and Gage's beating of Tyrol and Helo with bars of soap stuffed inside towels used as slings is an homage to the Stanley Kubrick film "[[Wikipedia:Full_Metal_Jacket|Full Metal Jacket]]", in which a similar thing happens to "Pvt. Pyle" in the Marine barracks at night. RDM points this out himself in the podcast.<br />
*Apollo was demoted to Lieutenant by Cain when she revoked his flight status. At the beginning of Part I, he is referred to as "Captain", but after Cain mentions that she revoked his flight status, Adama addresses his son as "Lieutenant". The official Scifi.com website was updated the week after this episode aired showing the new ranks of characters--Captain Kara Thrace, Admiral William Adama--but it also was changed to list Lee Adama as a Lieutenant.<br />
*Apollo's experience of ejecting in the middle of the battle and watching it unfold around him is, according to the podcast, based on the real life experience of Ensign [[Wikipedia:George Gay|George Gay]] during the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Midway|Battle of Midway]]. George Gay's plane was shot down and he witnessed the entire battle while floating in the ocean.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*{{audio|RS2 - can't rape a machine.mp3|''After the rescue of Helo and Tyrol by Fisk.''}}<br />
:'''Jack Fisk''': I don't want your thanks. I owe Lieutenant Thorne my life, as do many people on this ship.<br />
:'''Helo''': He was trying to rape a prisoner!<br />
:'''Fisk''': You can't "rape" a machine, Lieutenant.<br />
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*{{audio|RS2 - humanity's survival.mp3|''Sharon responds to Adama's question on survival.''}}<br />
:'''Sharon Agathon''': It's what you said at the ceremony before the attack, when ''Galactica'' was being decommissioned. You gave a speech, it sounded like it wasn't the one you prepared. You said that humanity was a flawed creation, and that people still kill one another for petty jealousy and greed. You said that humanity never asked itself why it deserved to survive. Maybe you don't.<br />
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*''Helena Cain talking to Kara Thrace''<br />
:'''Helena Cain''': I know you're very close with Adama. <br />
:'''Kara Thrace''': Yes, sir.<br />
:'''Cain''': And I know he's a good man. And I know he's had to make some very hard choices over the last few months. Lord knows I have.<br />
:'''Thrace''': Well, then maybe you can understand why he did what he thought he had to do when you said you were going to execute Helo and Tyrol.<br />
:'''Cain''': Let me tell you something. I've had to watch a lot of kids be put into body bags. They're covered with flags and they float out that airlock. You think I don't understand his feelings towards his men? Sometimes terrible things have to be done. Inevitably, each and every one of us will have to face a moment where we have to commit that horrible sin. And if we flinch in that moment, if we hesitate for one second, if we let our conscience get in the way, you know what happens? There are more kids in those body bags. More kids floating out that airlock. I don't know why, but I have a lot of faith in you. And I want you to promise me that when that moment comes you won't flinch. Do not flinch.<br />
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*{{audio|RS2 - one has to be worthy of surviving.mp3|''Speaking to Starbuck over wireless.''}}<br />
:'''William Adama''': I've been thinking about what we talked about before. It's not enough to survive. One has to be worthy of surviving. That's all.<br />
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*{{audio|RS2 - suicide is a sin.mp3|''Before Gina's escape.''}}<br />
:'''Gina''': Suicide is a sin. But I need to die!<br />
:'''Baltar''': What you need is justice. I know a place where you can stay, where you can be safe, where I can look after you.<br />
:'''Gina''': Why—Why would you do that?<br />
:'''Baltar''': Because I love you.<br />
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* {{audio|RS2 - Cain's last words.mp3|''In Cain's quarters after Gina's escape.''}}<br />
:'''Gina''' ''(confronting Cain with a gun)'': Tell me, Admiral. Can you roll over? Beg? <br />
:'''Helena Cain''': Frak you. <br />
:'''Gina''' ''(right before shooting)'': You're not my type.<br />
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*{{audio|RS2 - Kara's eulogy.mp3|''Kara's eulogy at Admiral Cain's funeral.''}}<br />
:'''Kara Thrace''': I, um, only knew Admiral Cain for a short time, so what I have to say about her will be short. She faced things. She looked them right in the eye and she didn't flinch. That's something that we do a lot around here. We second-guess. We worry. When I think about what she went through after the attack -- all alone, one ship, no help, no hope -- she didn't give up. She didn't worry. She didn't second-guess. She acted. She did what she thought needed to be done, and the ''Pegasus'' survived. Might be hard to admit, or hard to hear, but I think that we were safer with her...than we are without.<br />
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*{{audio|RS2 - didn't want to come back alive.mp3|''Kara talks to Lee after his rescue.''}}<br />
:'''Kara Thrace''': Lee. Lee, you okay? Are you okay?<br />
:'''Lee Adama''': No, not really. Um...I broke my word to you.<br />
:'''Thrace''': What are you talking about?<br />
:'''Adama''': I let you down. I wasn't there when you needed me.<br />
:'''Thrace''': Look, a close call like that? That'd mess with anybody's head. Alright? You know, it turns out I didn't need you anyway, so... Let's just be glad that we both came back alive, alright?<br />
:'''Adama''': That's just it, Kara. I didn't want to make it back alive.<br />
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*{{audio|RS2 - never give up hope.mp3|''Laura discusses Adama's new job after Cain's funeral.''}}<br />
:'''Laura Roslin''': Rumor has it that I know very little about military protocol, but I do know that someone who commands more than one ship is called an admiral. Congratulations, Admiral Adama.<br />
:'''William Adama''': Thank you, Madame President. Thank you, Billy. I um, never gave up hope, I just stopped trying to get these a long time ago.<br />
:'''Roslin''': Just goes to show you, Bill. Never give up hope.<br />
:'''Adama''': Same goes for you, Laura.<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Graham Beckel]] as Colonel [[Jack Fisk]]<br />
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]<br />
*[[Vincent Gale]] as Chief [[Peter Laird]]<br />
*[[Peter-John Prinsloo]] as Lt. [[Mei Firelli|Mei "Freaker" Firelli]]<br />
*[[Brad Dryborough]] as [[Hoshi]]<br />
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image = Resurrection Ship attack plans.jpg<br />
| title=Resurrection Ship, Part I<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=11<br />
| guests=[[Michelle Forbes]] as Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]]<br />
| writer=[[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| story=[[Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br />
| director=[[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production=211<br />
| rating= 2.1<br />
| US airdate=2006-01-06<br />
| UK airdate=2006-03-21<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.5 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 49604<br />
| oldpopulation= 49605<br />
| extra= '''Season 2.5 Premiere'''<br />
| prev=[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]<br />
| next=[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]<br />
| podcast=Y<br />
| goof= Y<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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:''A potential battle between ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' is only averted by [[Kara Thrace|Lt. Thrace]]'s return from her recon mission with important tactical information on the unknown [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] ship.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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*Continuing from the [[Pegasus (episode)|previous episode]], a swarm of [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] from ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' move into weapons range of each other after [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] challenges [[Helena Cain|Admiral Cain]] over the imminent execution of two of his crewmen. Neither commanders are willing to order "weapons free" to fire. The Vipers are reduced to playing "chicken", attempting to force each other to fire — or collide.<br />
*Cain orders Captain [[Cole Taylor]] to arrest and relieve [[Lee Adama|Lieutenant Lee "Apollo" Adama]], who is co-piloting a Raptor about to leave on the recon mission. The Raptor pilot draws his sidearm on Lt. Adama and orders him into the rear of the Raptor.<br />
*Flying the [[Blackbird]], which goes undetected by the Cylon fleet, [[Kara Thrace]] flies right into the superstructure of the [[Unknown Cylon Ship]], taking pictures along the way. Before the Cylons can detect her, she jumps away.<br />
*Confined to the rear of the Raptor, Lt. Adama sends an encrypted text message to Thrace.<br />
*Leading ''Galactica's'' Viper squadron, [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] continually requests clearance from Commander Adama to fire on ''Pegasus''' Vipers, but he refuses.<br />
*Thrace arrives in the [[Blackbird]]. After getting over her initial confusion at the chicken-fight, she receives Lt. Adama's message and replies back, wondering what was going on (the Viper intanglement).<br />
*Both ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' pick up the Blackbird on [[DRADIS]], but its lack of [[IFF|transponder]] codes leads Cain and Adama to assume that the new contact is a Raider. All Vipers break off their chicken-fight and move to engage the enemy, only standing down when Thrace broadcasts her ID over [[wireless]].<br />
*When Cain looks likely to resume the conflict with Adama, Thrace uploads her incredibly detailed pictures of the Unknown Cylon Ship to ''Pegasus''' CIC. A closeup shows Cylon bodies, including several inactive copies of [[Number Six|the blonde Humanoid Cylon]] known to the Colonials as "[[Shelly Godfrey]]" and "[[Gina]]."<br />
*Aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'', after being grilled by President [[Laura Roslin]] for their near-disastrous actions, Adama and Cain agree to a truce while they prepare a joint attack on the Cylon fleet.<br />
*Privately, Roslin warns Adama that Cain is a loose cannon, who must be killed in order to save the Fleet from annihilation. Adama is surprised at Roslin's candor, and is reluctant to consider the idea.<br />
*Adama learns that ''Pegasus'' was also shepherding a civilian fleet, which it abandoned months ago, but not before stripping it of anything useful, including FTL drives, spare parts, and people. Cain ordered the execution of the families of individuals she selected who would not leave with ''Pegasus.''<br />
*[[Gaius Baltar]] speaks more with [[Gina]], who wants Baltar to kill her so she can free herself from her torturous existence. He tells her that she cannot die as her consciousness would only download into another [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon body]]. Seeing the copies of reconnaissance photos Baltar is carrying, Gina says she would die if his Fleet destroys the Unknown ship, which she names.<br />
*Baltar briefs Adama and Cain: The function of the [[Resurrection Ship]], as Gina called it, is to allow Humanoid Cylons a place where their consciousness can download, as an agent in the Fleet would be too far from the Cylon homeworld for their consciousness to return. Cain quickly surmises that, without the Resurrection Ship, the few agents remaining would be permanently gone, and perhaps more reluctant to complete their respective missions.<br />
*Laura Roslin's illness is now more visibly apparent. William Adama visits her, and the two have a most unusual, even sentimental talk, with humor about getting a fresh, young Cylon body replacement for Roslin. Adama smiles and says that he couldn't think of her as a blonde, but Roslin smiles and says he'd be surprised.<br />
*Cain finds Thrace's initiative laudable, and promotes her to Captain and [[CAG]] ''Pegasus'' over [[Cole Taylor]]. She initially pulls [[Lee Adama]]'s flight status, but restores it at Thrace's behest and assigns him to her team. Thrace begins plans on an attack on the Resurrection Ship.<br />
*[[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] are pleasantly surprised not to be dead. Lee Adama visits the two and catches them up on events, noting that his father pulled out the stops to ensure Helo's and Tyrol's survival.<br />
*[[Kara_Thrace|Starbuck]] and [[Lee_Adama|Apollo]] brief the battlestar commanders and XO's regarding the plan to disable and destroy the [[Resurrection Ship]]. The plan will involve both battlestars and all available fighters. Both [[Helena_Cain|Admiral Cain]] and [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] approve of the plan, Adama being the more hesitant of the two.<br />
*Colonel Tigh asks if the [[Blackbird]] could be used to sneak up behind the Resurrection Ship with a nuclear missile to destroy the Resurrection Ship outright. Thrace indicates that computer simulations show that the Cylons would pick up the [[Radiological Alarm|radiological signature]] of the bomb (which cannot be hidden by the Blackbird's stealth ability). Such detection would destroy their element of surprise and likely warn the Resurrection Ship to jump away.<br />
*After the briefing, Adama consults with Thrace privately, asking her to shoot Cain in the head after the attack. Likewise, Cain transfers [[Jack Fisk]] and a squad of Marines loyal to her to ''Galactica'' and instructs Fisk to kill Adama ''and'' his command staff after the attack.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
* Why don't Cain and her crew grasp the concept that survival of the human race supersedes the military way of life? Although Adama himself had the same attitude in the [[Miniseries]] until Roslin talked to him.<br />
*What was the fate of the other civilians in ''Pegasus'''s civilian fleet, the ones who weren't brought to '' Pegasus'' as useful assets or executed after the civilian ships were stripped?<br />
* If Dr. [[Cottle]] were to perform a psychological examination on Cain, could Adama strip her of command for medical reasons? Would Cain or her crew even accept such a move?<br />
*Why does Commander Adama rely on gossip from Cally and Tigh, rather than debriefing [[Peter Laird|Laird]] personally?<br />
*When did the Resurrection Ship begin following the Fleet? Was it able to rescue [[Aaron Doral#Suicide Bomber Copy|Aaron Doral (Suicide Bomber Copy)]] (killed day 17), [[Shelly Godfrey]] (disappeared day 24), [[Leoben Conoy#Gemenon Traveler Copy|Leoben Conoy (Gemenon Traveler Copy)]] (killed day 25), or [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)]] (killed c. day 54)? ([[Downloaded|Answer]] regarding Boomer))<br />
* [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] got some close shots of the [[Resurrection Ship]], so much so that [[Helena_Cain|Admiral Cain]] was able to ID the [[Cylon agent]] she knew as [[Gina]]. Could any of the other [[Humanoid Cylon]] models be identified, including the ones that the Fleet aren't aware of yet?<br />
*Since Lee Adama is ultimately included in the mission to assassinate Cain anyway, why didn't his father deign to brief him at the same time as Kara Thrace? Having Thrace fill him in later doubles the chance of their plans being overheard.<br />
*Baltar says that he's tired of the fantasy-world in his head that he retreats into; not of Number Six herself, but of his bachelor pad on Caprica. Is this a further sign that Baltar is shifting closer into the Cylon camp? It could mean that he no longer misses his old life on Caprica and has stopped clinging to it.<br />
*To what extent is the chain of command still in effect? Adama fully intends to have Cain killed, but still stops short of demanding Agathon and Tyrol's return, and Cain believes he will still accept Fisk's transfer to ''Galactica'' as a spy.<br />
*Is Admiral Cain telling the truth when she says to Starbuck that their "ultimate goal" is to return to the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] and liberate them from the Cylons? While the idea fits to her previous actions against the Cylons, it could be just a way to gain Thrace's trust.<br />
*Where did they get a little tactical model of the [[Resurrection Ship]] to be used in the mission planning session? For that matter, where do any of these models come from?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*Cain wonders if debating morality is what Roslin and Adama have been doing "for the past six months"; however, as explained in the article [[Timeline (RDM)]], this episode only takes place a little over ''three'' months after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. This is actually the starting point of what ''BattlestarWiki'' refers to as the [[Season two timeline discontinuity]]: all episodes in Season 2.5 have jumped ahead three months in the timeline: while consistent with each other (i.e. "[[Downloaded]]" is supposed to be 9 months after the Cylon attack, and it does take place 3 months after the Cain Trilogy). <br />
*[[Louanne Katraine]] has apparently recovered from her [[stims]] burnout in "[[Final Cut]]", and has become the lead pilot on ''Galactica'' following the transfer of Lee Adama and Kara Thrace to ''Pegasus''. Given that the ungifted [[George Birch]] was apparently the best to be found within ''Galactica's'' regular chain of command ([[Home, Part I]]), it's unsurprising that a talented nugget has risen to the top.<br />
**In hindsight, her abuse of stims is actually in line with the single-minded zeal she approaches her job with. She has apparently learned to channel her perfectionism into a more constructive outlet.<br />
**In choosing Birch Commander Adama decided to value loyalty way above everything else, Col. Tigh was quite surprised at that. With Adama rebalancing his requirements it's no surprise a better pilot got the position. <br />
*Both Adama and Cain's assassination plans (taking advantage of a victory celebration in [[CIC]]) are exactly the same as the one used by "Boomer" Valerii in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".<br />
* The Cylons are unable to detect the Blackbird, while both Colonial battlestars are able to pick it up relatively quickly. It should be noted that the Blackbird is only detected when it starts transmitting a message. This suggests that it isn't literally detected by its [[DRADIS]] signature, but by the [[wireless]] signals it gives away.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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*Fleet population is down to 49,604 to account for the death of [[Alastair Thorne]], Cylon Interrogator.<br />
* Admiral Cain promotes Kara Thrace to the rank of captain. She replaces Stinger as ''Pegasus's'' CAG.<br />
* The Cylon fleet containing the [[Resurrection Ship]] has been following [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]]. It was speculated that the Resurrection Ship was a safety net for any Cylons who died in the Fleet. <br />
*In case there was any doubt, by this point the ''Galactica'' crew definitely knows that the blonde woman they first met as "Shelley Godfrey" is a humanoid Cylon, to the point that Roslin cracks a joke that she wouldn't mind waking up inside a gorgeous ''blonde''-haired body.<br />
*Number Six likes [[pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]]. She went to live games often while she was on Caprica. She said it was because she loved the rush of raw emotions that would sweep over the crowd.<br />
*Thrace still intends to recover Anders' [[Caprica Resistance]] fighters from Caprica. Timeline-wise, they have a little over a month of [[Anti-radiation medication|anti-radiation meds]] left ([[Downloaded|apparently, they are able to get more as time passes]]). <br />
*Tigh and Fisk have continued their status as drinking buddies.<br />
*Roslin has developed a bad cough, perhaps evidence that her cancer has spread to her lungs, or that she has begun to suffer from opportunistic infections.<br />
*Although Commander Adama does a good job of trying to "hide" it, when Adama leaves the sick Roslin he quickly wipes away a tear.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*{{audio|RS1 - we're all friendlies.mp3|''Upon returning from the recon mission.''}}<br />
:'''Starbuck''': Starbuck to all vipers-- do not fire... repeat, do not fire! I am a friendly, okay? We're all friendlies. So, let's just...be friendly. <br />
<br />
*{{audio|RS1 - crazy ass stunt.mp3|''In Galactica's CIC.''}}<br />
:'''Col. Tigh''': Ahh, another one of [[Kara Thrace|her]] crazy ass stunts... thank the Gods!<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': You can say that again!<br />
<br />
*{{audio|RS1 - post conflict meeting on Colonial One.mp3|''During the meeting on Colonial One''}}<br />
:'''President Roslin''': The spirit of the law requires something more here than summary executions. <br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': Is this what the two of you have been doing for the past six months? Debating the finer points of Colonial law? Well, guess what, we're at war! And we don't have the luxury of academic debate over these issues.<br />
:'''President Roslin''': You have ''Pegasus'', he has ''Galactica''. Two heavily armed, very powerful warships. Now, I am sure that ''Pegasus'' would prevail in any fight--<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': --I wouldn't count on that--<br />
:'''President Roslin''': --But certainly, there'd be heavy damage and you'd take significant casualties. So you can go out there and fight it out with ''Galactica'' or you can compromise. And those are the only two options on the table, period. <br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': ...How the two of you have survived this long, I will never know.....<br />
<br />
*{{audio|RS1 - not an assasssin.mp3|''Discussing Admiral Cain.''}}<br />
:'''President Roslin''': I afraid this can only end one way. You've got to kill her.<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': What the hell are you talking about? <br />
:'''President Roslin''': Like she said, let's cut through it. The two of you were willing to go to war today. Do you think she's going to step down from that? She's going to bide her time and hit you the first chance she gets. That's a given. I hate to lay this on you Bill, but she is dangerous and the only thing that you can do is to hit her before she hits you.<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': I'm not an assassin.<br />
<br />
*{{audio|RS1 - Gina finally speaks.mp3|''First thing Gina speaks.''}}<br />
:'''Gina''': I want to die. Will you help me do that? Will you kill me, please?<br />
<br />
*{{audio|RS1 - Gina reiterates death wish.mp3|''After giving Gina new clothes.''}}<br />
:'''Baltar''': Were you aware of your true nature as a Cylon when you boarded the ship? Or would you describe you as a sleeper agent? <br />
:'''Gina''': I knew what I was. I was a soldier. I-I had a mission, I carried it out. I thought that when it was done I was going to die. That you would kill me. Then I-- then I would download into a new body...be reborn. But you didn't kill me. The things you did to me. <br />
:'''Baltar''': What they did to you was evil. But I'm not one of them. You have to believe me. Things are going to get better for you. From this moment on. I promise.<br />
:'''Gina''': I don't want things to get better. I want to die.<br />
<br />
*{{audio|RS1 - can't see you as a blonde.mp3|''President Roslin is bedridden, dying of cancer, and coughing profusely.''}}<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': What can I get you?<br />
:'''President Roslin''': A new body. Perhaps, one of those young Cylon models from the Resurrection Ship. <br />
:'''Commander Adama''': I can't see you as a blonde. <br />
:'''President Roslin''': You'd be surprised. (Laughs)<br />
<br />
*{{audio|RS1 - assassination plots.mp3|''Scene intercuts between Commander Adama telling Starbuck to assassinate Admiral Cain, while at the same time Cain is ordering Col. Jack Fisk to assassinate Adama.''}}<br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': Jack, I want to transfer a detachment of marines to Galactica. And I want you to handpick them. Completely reliable. Completely loyal. Razors. <br />
:'''Commander Adama''': I have a mission for you, Kara. <br />
:'''Starbuck''': Anything for you, you know that.<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': Don't accept too quickly. You won't like this one. I don't like it. But I've decided that it has to be done. <br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': I'm transferring you to Galactica, as well. I'll tell Adama that you're there to be my eyes and ears. He'll hate it. He'll think you're my spy and try to freeze you out of decision-making. But he'll accept it. Now I want you to stay in throughout the attack. Stay with Adama. <br />
:'''Commander Adama''': After the attack is completed and you've accounted for your pilots I want you to land your bird on the Pegasus to report directly to CIC. You'll take Lee with you. He'll watch your back.<br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': Position marines in key positions throughout the ship and keep a squad posted just outside CIC-- <br />
:'''Commander Adama''': --There'll the normal chaos emotional high after the attack-- <br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': --They'll be slapping each other on the back, celebrating the victory-- <br />
:'''Commander Adama''': --They'll keep their guard down--<br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': --Security will be lax--<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': --I will ask for you over the wireless--<br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': --I will call you directly, and when I have you on the line and you hear me give the command, "Execute case orange"--<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': --When you hear me say "Downfall"--<br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': --You are to signal the marines to terminate Adama's command...''starting'' with Adama--<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': --I want you to pull out your weapon...and shoot Admiral Cain in the head. (Starbuck is shocked)<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Graham Beckel]] as Colonel [[Jack Fisk]]<br />
*[[John Pyper-Ferguson]] as Captain [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]]<br />
*[[Sebastian Spence]] as Lt. [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]] <br />
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]<br />
*[[Vincent Gale]] as Chief [[Peter Laird]]<br />
*[[Peter-John Prinsloo]] as Lt. [[Mei Firelli|Mei "Freaker" Firelli]]<br />
*[[Brad Dryborough]] as [[Hoshi]]<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by Michael Rymer]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer]]<br />
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image = Resurrection Ship attack plans.jpg<br />
| title=Resurrection Ship, Part I<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=11<br />
| guests=[[Michelle Forbes]] as Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]]<br />
| writer=[[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| story=[[Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br />
| director=[[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production=211<br />
| rating= 2.1<br />
| US airdate=2006-01-06<br />
| UK airdate=2006-03-21<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.5 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 49604<br />
| oldpopulation= 49605<br />
| extra= '''Season 2.5 Premiere'''<br />
| prev=[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]<br />
| next=[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]<br />
| podcast=Y<br />
| goof= Y<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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:''A potential battle between ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' is only averted by [[Kara Thrace|Lt. Thrace]]'s return from her recon mission with important tactical information on the unknown [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] ship.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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*Continuing from the [[Pegasus (episode)|previous episode]], a swarm of [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] from ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' move into weapons range of each other after [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] challenges [[Helena Cain|Admiral Cain]] over the imminent execution of two of his crewmen. Neither commanders are willing to order "weapons free" to fire. The Vipers are reduced to playing "chicken", attempting to force each other to fire — or collide.<br />
*Cain orders Captain [[Cole Taylor]] to arrest and relieve [[Lee Adama|Lieutenant Lee "Apollo" Adama]], who is co-piloting a Raptor about to leave on the recon mission. The Raptor pilot draws his sidearm on Lt. Adama and orders him into the rear of the Raptor.<br />
*Flying the [[Blackbird]], which goes undetected by the Cylon fleet, [[Kara Thrace]] flies right into the superstructure of the [[Unknown Cylon Ship]], taking pictures along the way. Before the Cylons can detect her, she jumps away.<br />
*Confined to the rear of the Raptor, Lt. Adama sends an encrypted text message to Thrace.<br />
*Leading ''Galactica's'' Viper squadron, [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] continually requests clearance from Commander Adama to fire on ''Pegasus''' Vipers, but he refuses.<br />
*Thrace arrives in the [[Blackbird]]. After getting over her initial confusion at the chicken-fight, she receives Lt. Adama's message and replies back, wondering what was going on (the Viper intanglement).<br />
*Both ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' pick up the Blackbird on [[DRADIS]], but its lack of [[IFF|transponder]] codes leads Cain and Adama to assume that the new contact is a Raider. All Vipers break off their chicken-fight and move to engage the enemy, only standing down when Thrace broadcasts her ID over [[wireless]].<br />
*When Cain looks likely to resume the conflict with Adama, Thrace uploads her incredibly detailed pictures of the Unknown Cylon Ship to ''Pegasus''' CIC. A closeup shows Cylon bodies, including several inactive copies of [[Number Six|the blonde Humanoid Cylon]] known to the Colonials as "[[Shelly Godfrey]]" and "[[Gina]]."<br />
*Aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'', after being grilled by President [[Laura Roslin]] for their near-disastrous actions, Adama and Cain agree to a truce while they prepare a joint attack on the Cylon fleet.<br />
*Privately, Roslin warns Adama that Cain is a loose cannon, who must be killed in order to save the Fleet from annihilation. Adama is surprised at Roslin's candor, and is reluctant to consider the idea.<br />
*Adama learns that ''Pegasus'' was also shepherding a civilian fleet, which it abandoned months ago, but not before stripping it of anything useful, including FTL drives, spare parts, and people. Cain ordered the execution of the families of individuals she selected who would not leave with ''Pegasus.''<br />
*[[Gaius Baltar]] speaks more with [[Gina]], who wants Baltar to kill her so she can free herself from her torturous existence. He tells her that she cannot die as her consciousness would only download into another [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon body]]. Seeing the copies of reconnaissance photos Baltar is carrying, Gina says she would die if his Fleet destroys the Unknown ship, which she names.<br />
*Baltar briefs Adama and Cain: The function of the [[Resurrection Ship]], as Gina called it, is to allow Humanoid Cylons a place where their consciousness can download, as an agent in the Fleet would be too far from the Cylon homeworld for their consciousness to return. Cain quickly surmises that, without the Resurrection Ship, the few agents remaining would be permanently gone, and perhaps more reluctant to complete their respective missions.<br />
*Laura Roslin's illness is now more visibly apparent. William Adama visits her, and the two have a most unusual, even sentimental talk, with humor about getting a fresh, young Cylon body replacement for Roslin. Adama smiles and says that he couldn't think of her as a blonde, but Roslin smiles and says he'd be surprised.<br />
*Cain finds Thrace's initiative laudable, and promotes her to Captain and [[CAG]] ''Pegasus'' over [[Cole Taylor]]. She initially pulls [[Lee Adama]]'s flight status, but restores it at Thrace's behest and assigns him to her team. Thrace begins plans on an attack on the Resurrection Ship.<br />
*[[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] are pleasantly surprised not to be dead. Lee Adama visits the two and catches them up on events, noting that his father pulled out the stops to ensure Helo's and Tyrol's survival.<br />
*[[Kara_Thrace|Starbuck]] and [[Lee_Adama|Apollo]] brief the battlestar commanders and XO's regarding the plan to disable and destroy the [[Resurrection Ship]]. The plan will involve both battlestars and all available fighters. Both [[Helena_Cain|Admiral Cain]] and [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] approve of the plan, Adama being the more hesitant of the two.<br />
*Colonel Tigh asks if the [[Blackbird]] could be used to sneak up behind the Resurrection Ship with a nuclear missile to destroy the Resurrection Ship outright. Thrace indicates that computer simulations show that the Cylons would pick up the [[Radiological Alarm|radiological signature]] of the bomb (which cannot be hidden by the Blackbird's stealth ability). Such detection would destroy their element of surprise and likely warn the Resurrection Ship to jump away.<br />
*After the briefing, Adama consults with Thrace privately, asking her to shoot Cain in the head after the attack. Likewise, Cain transfers [[Jack Fisk]] and a squad of Marines loyal to her to ''Galactica'' and instructs Fisk to kill Adama ''and'' his command staff after the attack.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
* Why don't Cain and her crew grasp the concept that survival of the human race supersedes the military way of life? Although Adama himself had the same attitude in the [[Miniseries]] until Roslin talked to him.<br />
*What was the fate of the other civilians in ''Pegasus'''s civilian fleet, the ones who weren't brought to '' Pegasus'' as useful assets or executed after the civilian ships were stripped?<br />
* If Dr. [[Cottle]] were to perform a psychological examination on Cain, could Adama strip her of command for medical reasons? Would Cain or her crew even accept such a move?<br />
*Why does Commander Adama rely on gossip from Cally and Tigh, rather than debriefing [[Peter Laird|Laird]] personally?<br />
*When did the Resurrection Ship begin following the Fleet? Was it able to rescue [[Aaron Doral#Suicide Bomber Copy|Aaron Doral (Suicide Bomber Copy)]] (killed day 17), [[Shelly Godfrey]] (disappeared day 24), [[Leoben Conoy#Gemenon Traveler Copy|Leoben Conoy (Gemenon Traveler Copy)]] (killed day 25), or [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)]] (killed c. day 54)? ([[Downloaded|Answer]] regarding Boomer))<br />
* [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] got some close shots of the [[Resurrection Ship]], so much so that [[Helena_Cain|Admiral Cain]] was able to ID the [[Cylon agent]] she knew as [[Gina]]. Could any of the other [[Humanoid Cylon]] models be identified, including the ones that the Fleet aren't aware of yet?<br />
*Since Lee Adama is ultimately included in the mission to assassinate Cain anyway, why didn't his father deign to brief him at the same time as Kara Thrace? Having Thrace fill him in later doubles the chance of their plans being overheard.<br />
*Baltar says that he's tired of the fantasy-world in his head that he retreats into; not of Number Six herself, but of his bachelor pad on Caprica. Is this a further sign that Baltar is shifting closer into the Cylon camp? It could mean that he no longer misses his old life on Caprica and has stopped clinging to it.<br />
*To what extent is the chain of command still in effect? Adama fully intends to have Cain killed, but still stops short of demanding Agathon and Tyrol's return, and Cain believes he will still accept Fisk's transfer to ''Galactica'' as a spy.<br />
*Is Admiral Cain telling the truth when she says to Starbuck that their "ultimate goal" is to return to the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] and liberate them from the Cylons? While the idea fits to her previous actions against the Cylons, it could be just a way to gain Thrace's trust.<br />
*Where did they get a little tactical model of the [[Resurrection Ship]] to be used in the mission planning session? For that matter, where do any of these models come from?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*Cain wonders if debating morality is what Roslin and Adama have been doing "for the past six months"; however, as explained in the article [[Timeline (RDM)]], this episode only takes place a little over ''three'' months after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. This is actually the starting point of what ''BattlestarWiki'' refers to as the [[Season two timeline discontinuity]]: all episodes in Season 2.5 have jumped ahead three months in the timeline: while consistent with each other (i.e. "[[Downloaded]]" is supposed to be 9 months after the Cylon attack, and it does take place 3 months after the Cain Trilogy). <br />
*[[Louanne Katraine]] has apparently recovered from her [[stims]] burnout in "[[Final Cut]]", and has become the lead pilot on ''Galactica'' following the transfer of Lee Adama and Kara Thrace to ''Pegasus''. Given that the ungifted [[George Birch]] was apparently the best to be found within ''Galactica's'' regular chain of command ([[Home, Part I]]), it's unsurprising that a talented nugget has risen to the top.<br />
**In hindsight, her abuse of stims is actually in line with the single-minded zeal she approaches her job with. She has apparently learned to channel her perfectionism into a more constructive outlet.<br />
**In choosing Birch Commander Adama decided to value loyalty way above everything else, Col. Tigh was quite surprised at that. With Adama rebalancing his requirements it's no surprise a better pilot got the position. <br />
*Both Adama and Cain's assassination plans (taking advantage of a victory celebration in [[CIC]]) are exactly the same as the one used by "Boomer" Valerii in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".<br />
* The Cylons are unable to detect the Blackbird, while both Colonial battlestars are able to pick it up relatively quickly. It should be noted that the Blackbird is only detected when it starts transmitting a message. This suggests that it isn't literally detected by its [[DRADIS]] signature, but by the [[wireless]] signals it gives away.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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*Fleet population is down to 49,604 to account for the death of [[Alastair Thorne]], Cylon Interrogator.<br />
* Admiral Cain promotes Kara Thrace to the rank of captain. She replaces Stinger as ''Pegasus's'' CAG.<br />
* The Cylon fleet containing the [[Resurrection Ship]] has been following [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]]. It was speculated that the Resurrection Ship was a safety net for any Cylons who died in the Fleet. <br />
*In case there was any doubt, by this point the ''Galactica'' crew definitely knows that the blonde woman they first met as "Shelley Godfrey" is a humanoid Cylon, to the point that Roslin cracks a joke that she wouldn't mind waking up inside a gorgeous ''blonde''-haired body.<br />
*Number Six likes [[pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]]. She went to live games often while she was on Caprica. She said it was because she loved the rush of raw emotions that would sweep over the crowd.<br />
*Thrace still intends to recover Anders' [[Caprica Resistance]] fighters from Caprica. Timeline-wise, they have a little over a month of [[Anti-radiation medication|anti-radiation meds]] left ([[Downloaded|apparently, they are able to get more as time passes]]). <br />
*Tigh and Fisk have continued their status as drinking buddies.<br />
*Roslin has developed a bad cough, perhaps evidence that her cancer has spread to her lungs, or that she has begun to suffer from opportunistic infections.<br />
*Although Commander Adama does a good job of trying to "hide" it, when Adama leaves the sick Roslin he quickly wipes away a tear.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*{{audio|RS1 - we're all friendlies.mp3|''Upon returning from the recon mission.''}}<br />
:'''Starbuck''': Starbuck to all vipers-- do not fire... repeat, do not fire! I am a friendly, okay? We're all friendlies. So, let's just...be friendly. <br />
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*{{audio|RS1 - crazy ass stunt.mp3|''In Galactica's CIC.''}}<br />
:'''Col. Tigh''': Ahh, another one of [[Kara Thrace|her]] crazy ass stunts... thank the Gods!<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': You can say that again!<br />
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*{{audio|RS1 - post conflict meeting on Colonial One.mp3|''During the meeting on Colonial One''}}<br />
:'''President Roslin''': The spirit of the law requires something more here than summary executions. <br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': Is this what the two of you have been doing for the past six months? Debating the finer points of Colonial law? Well, guess what, we're at war! And we don't have the luxury of academic debate over these issues.<br />
:'''President Roslin''': You have ''Pegasus'', he has ''Galactica''. Two heavily armed, very powerful warships. Now, I am sure that ''Pegasus'' would prevail in any fight--<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': --I wouldn't count on that--<br />
:'''President Roslin''': --But certainly, there'd be heavy damage and you'd take significant casualties. So you can go out there and fight it out with ''Galactica'' or you can compromise. And those are the only two options on the table, period. <br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': ...How the two of you have survived this long, I will never know.....<br />
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*{{audio|RS1 - not an assasssin.mp3|''Discussing Admiral Cain.''}}<br />
:'''President Roslin''': I afraid this can only end one way. You've got to kill her.<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': What the hell are you talking about? <br />
:'''President Roslin''': Like she said, let's cut through it. The two of you were willing to go to war today. Do you think she's going to step down from that? She's going to bide her time and hit you the first chance she gets. That's a given. I hate to lay this on you Bill, but she is dangerous and the only thing that you can do is to hit her before she hits you.<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': I'm not an assassin.<br />
<br />
*{{audio|RS1 - Gina finally speaks.mp3|''First thing Gina speaks.''}}<br />
:'''Gina''': I want to die. Will you help me do that? Will you kill me, please?<br />
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*{{audio|RS1 - Gina reiterates death wish.mp3|''After giving Gina new clothes.''}}<br />
:'''Baltar''': Were you aware of your true nature as a Cylon when you boarded the ship? Or would you describe you as a sleeper agent? <br />
:'''Gina''': I knew what I was. I was a soldier. I-I had a mission, I carried it out. I thought that when it was done I was going to die. That you would kill me. Then I-- then I would download into a new body...be reborn. But you didn't kill me. The things you did to me. <br />
:'''Baltar''': What they did to you was evil. But I'm not one of them. You have to believe me. Things are going to get better for you. From this moment on. I promise.<br />
:'''Gina''': I don't want things to get better. I want to die.<br />
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*{{audio|RS1 - can't see you as a blonde.mp3|''President Roslin is bedridden, dying of cancer, and coughing profusely.''}}<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': What can I get you?<br />
:'''President Roslin''': A new body. Perhaps, one of those young Cylon models from the Resurrection Ship. <br />
:'''Commander Adama''': I can't see you as a blonde. <br />
:'''President Roslin''': You'd be surprised. (Laughs)<br />
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*{{audio|RS1 - assassination plots.mp3|''Scene intercuts between Commander Adama telling Starbuck to assassinate Admiral Cain, while at the same time Cain is ordering Col. Jack Fisk to assassinate Adama.''}}<br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': Jack, I want to transfer a detachment of marines to Galactica. And I want you to handpick them. Completely reliable. Completely loyal. Razors. <br />
:'''Commander Adama''': I have a mission for you, Kara. <br />
:'''Starbuck''': Anything for you, you know that.<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': Don't accept too quickly. You won't like this one. I don't like it. But I've decided that it has to be done. <br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': I'm transferring you to Galactica, as well. I'll tell Adama that you're there to be my eyes and ears. He'll hate it. He'll think you're my spy and try to freeze you out of decision-making. But he'll accept it. Now I want you to stay in throughout the attack. Stay with Adama. <br />
:'''Commander Adama''': After the attack is completed and you've accounted for your pilots I want you to land your bird on the Pegasus to report directly to CIC. You'll take Lee with you. He'll watch your back.<br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': Position marines in key positions throughout the ship and keep a squad posted just outside CIC-- <br />
:'''Commander Adama''': --There'll the normal chaos emotional high after the attack-- <br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': --They'll be slapping each other on the back, celebrating the victory-- <br />
:'''Commander Adama''': --They'll keep their guard down--<br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': --Security will be lax--<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': --I will ask for you over the wireless--<br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': --I will call you directly, and when I have you on the line and you hear me give the command, "Execute case orange"--<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': --When you hear me say "Downfall"--<br />
:'''Admiral Cain''': --You are to signal the marines to terminate Adama's command...''starting'' with Adama--<br />
:'''Commander Adama''': --I want you to pull out your weapon...and shoot Admiral Cain in the head. (Starbuck is shocked)<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Graham Beckel]] as Colonel [[Jack Fisk]]<br />
*[[John Pyper-Ferguson]] as Captain [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]]<br />
*[[Sebastian Spence]] as Lt. [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]] <br />
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]<br />
*[[Vincent Gale]] as Chief [[Peter Laird]]<br />
*[[Peter-John Prinsloo]] as Lt. [[Mei Firelli|Mei "Freaker" Firelli]]<br />
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[[Category:Episodes with story by Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Michael Rymer]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_character_appearances_(TRS)&diff=114208List of character appearances (TRS)2007-03-24T01:29:23Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Season 3.5 */ Adding Anthony Figurski</p>
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<div>:''To see this same list for the [[Original Series]] please view it [[List of character appearances (TOS)|here]].''<br />
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This page serves as a table matrix for when all major and minor cast members were ''seen'', not heard. Characters must be seen at least 3 times to become a minor character and 6 times or more to become major of that season. Characters in the [[Template:characters|template]] are excluded from this equation. One-shot characters are not in this list. Characters that are seen throughout the entire season are not included. Template to be used are {{tl|Season 1 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.0 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.5 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 3.0 Matrix}}, and {{tl|Season 3.5 Matrix}}.<br />
<br />
'''X''' - Seen<br/><br />
''Empty Boxes'' - Not Seen<br/><br />
<br />
== Season 1 ==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[101]] !! [[102]] !! [[103]] !! [[104]] !! [[105]] !! [[106]] !! [[107]] !! [[108]] !! [[109]] !! [[110]] !! [[111]] !! [[112]] !! [[113]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cottle|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|7=X|10=X|11=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|3=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sergeant Hadrian|4=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|4=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|11=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 2 ==<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.0 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[201]] !! [[202]] !! [[203]] !! [[204]] !! [[205]] !! [[206]] !! [[207]] !! [[208]] !! [[209]] !! [[210]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|5=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anthony Figurski|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|6=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|1=X|2=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|3=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|1=X|2=X|3=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Simon|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.5 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[211]] !! [[212]] !! [[213]] !! [[214]] !! [[215]] !! [[216]] !! [[217]] !! [[218]] !! [[219]] !! [[220]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|11=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|11=X|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|11=X|13=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|12=X|13=X|14=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|13=X|15=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|11=X|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|16=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== The Resistance ==<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10<br />
|-<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|2=X|3=X|6=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Tucker Clellan|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|7=X|8=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=James Lyman|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Nora|1=X|3=X|4=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|6=X|7=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|4=X|5=X|10=X}}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Sister Tivenan|2=X|10=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 3 ==<br />
=== Season 3.0 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[301]] !! [[302]] !! [[303]] !! [[304]] !! [[305]] !! [[306]] !! [[307]] !! [[308]] !! [[309]] !! [[310]] !! [[311]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|5=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cavil|1=X|2=X|3=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Charlie Connor|3=X|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|6=X|7=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Anthony Figurski|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hoshi|1=X|2=X|3=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|3=X|4=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|3=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Simon|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 3.5 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[312]] !! [[313]] !! [[314]] !! [[315]] !! [[316]] !! [[317]] !! [[318]] !! [[319]] !! [[320]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|13=X|14=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|12=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|15=X|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|12=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Charlie Connor|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|16=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Anthony Figurski|15=X|16=X|17=X|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|14=X|16=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|14=X|16=X|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|15=X|16=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Simon}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X}}<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:RDM|*]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_character_appearances_(TRS)&diff=114207List of character appearances (TRS)2007-03-24T01:27:43Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Season 3.0 */ Adding Anthony Figurski</p>
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<div>:''To see this same list for the [[Original Series]] please view it [[List of character appearances (TOS)|here]].''<br />
<br />
This page serves as a table matrix for when all major and minor cast members were ''seen'', not heard. Characters must be seen at least 3 times to become a minor character and 6 times or more to become major of that season. Characters in the [[Template:characters|template]] are excluded from this equation. One-shot characters are not in this list. Characters that are seen throughout the entire season are not included. Template to be used are {{tl|Season 1 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.0 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.5 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 3.0 Matrix}}, and {{tl|Season 3.5 Matrix}}.<br />
<br />
'''X''' - Seen<br/><br />
''Empty Boxes'' - Not Seen<br/><br />
<br />
== Season 1 ==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[101]] !! [[102]] !! [[103]] !! [[104]] !! [[105]] !! [[106]] !! [[107]] !! [[108]] !! [[109]] !! [[110]] !! [[111]] !! [[112]] !! [[113]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cottle|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|7=X|10=X|11=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|3=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sergeant Hadrian|4=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|4=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|11=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 2 ==<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.0 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[201]] !! [[202]] !! [[203]] !! [[204]] !! [[205]] !! [[206]] !! [[207]] !! [[208]] !! [[209]] !! [[210]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|5=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anthony Figurski|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|6=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|1=X|2=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|3=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|1=X|2=X|3=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Simon|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.5 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[211]] !! [[212]] !! [[213]] !! [[214]] !! [[215]] !! [[216]] !! [[217]] !! [[218]] !! [[219]] !! [[220]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|11=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|11=X|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|11=X|13=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|12=X|13=X|14=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|13=X|15=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|11=X|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|16=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== The Resistance ==<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10<br />
|-<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|2=X|3=X|6=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Tucker Clellan|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|7=X|8=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=James Lyman|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Nora|1=X|3=X|4=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|6=X|7=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|4=X|5=X|10=X}}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Sister Tivenan|2=X|10=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 3 ==<br />
=== Season 3.0 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[301]] !! [[302]] !! [[303]] !! [[304]] !! [[305]] !! [[306]] !! [[307]] !! [[308]] !! [[309]] !! [[310]] !! [[311]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|5=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cavil|1=X|2=X|3=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Charlie Connor|3=X|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|6=X|7=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Anthony Figurski|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hoshi|1=X|2=X|3=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|3=X|4=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|3=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Simon|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 3.5 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[312]] !! [[313]] !! [[314]] !! [[315]] !! [[316]] !! [[317]] !! [[318]] !! [[319]] !! [[320]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|13=X|14=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|12=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|15=X|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|12=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Charlie Connor|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|16=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|14=X|16=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|14=X|16=X|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|15=X|16=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Simon}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
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[[Category:Characters|*]]<br />
[[Category:Characters (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Lists]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|*]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_character_appearances_(TRS)&diff=114206List of character appearances (TRS)2007-03-24T01:26:47Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Season 2.0 */ adding Anthony Figurski</p>
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<div>:''To see this same list for the [[Original Series]] please view it [[List of character appearances (TOS)|here]].''<br />
<br />
This page serves as a table matrix for when all major and minor cast members were ''seen'', not heard. Characters must be seen at least 3 times to become a minor character and 6 times or more to become major of that season. Characters in the [[Template:characters|template]] are excluded from this equation. One-shot characters are not in this list. Characters that are seen throughout the entire season are not included. Template to be used are {{tl|Season 1 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.0 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.5 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 3.0 Matrix}}, and {{tl|Season 3.5 Matrix}}.<br />
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'''X''' - Seen<br/><br />
''Empty Boxes'' - Not Seen<br/><br />
<br />
== Season 1 ==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[101]] !! [[102]] !! [[103]] !! [[104]] !! [[105]] !! [[106]] !! [[107]] !! [[108]] !! [[109]] !! [[110]] !! [[111]] !! [[112]] !! [[113]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cottle|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|7=X|10=X|11=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|3=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sergeant Hadrian|4=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|4=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|11=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 2 ==<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.0 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[201]] !! [[202]] !! [[203]] !! [[204]] !! [[205]] !! [[206]] !! [[207]] !! [[208]] !! [[209]] !! [[210]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|5=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anthony Figurski|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|6=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|1=X|2=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|3=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|1=X|2=X|3=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Simon|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.5 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[211]] !! [[212]] !! [[213]] !! [[214]] !! [[215]] !! [[216]] !! [[217]] !! [[218]] !! [[219]] !! [[220]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|11=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|11=X|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|11=X|13=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|12=X|13=X|14=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|13=X|15=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|11=X|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|16=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== The Resistance ==<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10<br />
|-<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|2=X|3=X|6=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Tucker Clellan|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|7=X|8=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=James Lyman|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Nora|1=X|3=X|4=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|6=X|7=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|4=X|5=X|10=X}}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Sister Tivenan|2=X|10=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 3 ==<br />
=== Season 3.0 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[301]] !! [[302]] !! [[303]] !! [[304]] !! [[305]] !! [[306]] !! [[307]] !! [[308]] !! [[309]] !! [[310]] !! [[311]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|5=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cavil|1=X|2=X|3=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Charlie Connor|3=X|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|6=X|7=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hoshi|1=X|2=X|3=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|3=X|4=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|3=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Simon|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 3.5 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[312]] !! [[313]] !! [[314]] !! [[315]] !! [[316]] !! [[317]] !! [[318]] !! [[319]] !! [[320]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|13=X|14=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|12=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|15=X|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|12=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Charlie Connor|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|16=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|14=X|16=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|14=X|16=X|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|15=X|16=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Simon}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|*]]<br />
[[Category:Characters (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Lists]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|*]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_character_appearances_(TRS)&diff=114204List of character appearances (TRS)2007-03-24T01:24:49Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Season 3.5 */ Adding Charlie Connor</p>
<hr />
<div>:''To see this same list for the [[Original Series]] please view it [[List of character appearances (TOS)|here]].''<br />
<br />
This page serves as a table matrix for when all major and minor cast members were ''seen'', not heard. Characters must be seen at least 3 times to become a minor character and 6 times or more to become major of that season. Characters in the [[Template:characters|template]] are excluded from this equation. One-shot characters are not in this list. Characters that are seen throughout the entire season are not included. Template to be used are {{tl|Season 1 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.0 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.5 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 3.0 Matrix}}, and {{tl|Season 3.5 Matrix}}.<br />
<br />
'''X''' - Seen<br/><br />
''Empty Boxes'' - Not Seen<br/><br />
<br />
== Season 1 ==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[101]] !! [[102]] !! [[103]] !! [[104]] !! [[105]] !! [[106]] !! [[107]] !! [[108]] !! [[109]] !! [[110]] !! [[111]] !! [[112]] !! [[113]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cottle|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|7=X|10=X|11=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|3=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sergeant Hadrian|4=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|4=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|11=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 2 ==<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.0 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[201]] !! [[202]] !! [[203]] !! [[204]] !! [[205]] !! [[206]] !! [[207]] !! [[208]] !! [[209]] !! [[210]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|5=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|6=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|1=X|2=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|3=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|1=X|2=X|3=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Simon|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.5 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[211]] !! [[212]] !! [[213]] !! [[214]] !! [[215]] !! [[216]] !! [[217]] !! [[218]] !! [[219]] !! [[220]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|11=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|11=X|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|11=X|13=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|12=X|13=X|14=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|13=X|15=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|11=X|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|16=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== The Resistance ==<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10<br />
|-<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|2=X|3=X|6=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Tucker Clellan|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|7=X|8=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=James Lyman|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Nora|1=X|3=X|4=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|6=X|7=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|4=X|5=X|10=X}}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Sister Tivenan|2=X|10=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 3 ==<br />
=== Season 3.0 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[301]] !! [[302]] !! [[303]] !! [[304]] !! [[305]] !! [[306]] !! [[307]] !! [[308]] !! [[309]] !! [[310]] !! [[311]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|5=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cavil|1=X|2=X|3=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Charlie Connor|3=X|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|6=X|7=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hoshi|1=X|2=X|3=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|3=X|4=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|3=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Simon|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 3.5 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[312]] !! [[313]] !! [[314]] !! [[315]] !! [[316]] !! [[317]] !! [[318]] !! [[319]] !! [[320]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|13=X|14=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|12=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|15=X|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|12=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Charlie Connor|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|16=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|14=X|16=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|14=X|16=X|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|15=X|16=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Simon}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|*]]<br />
[[Category:Characters (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Lists]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|*]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_character_appearances_(TRS)&diff=114203List of character appearances (TRS)2007-03-24T01:23:17Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Season 3.0 */ Adding Charlie Connor</p>
<hr />
<div>:''To see this same list for the [[Original Series]] please view it [[List of character appearances (TOS)|here]].''<br />
<br />
This page serves as a table matrix for when all major and minor cast members were ''seen'', not heard. Characters must be seen at least 3 times to become a minor character and 6 times or more to become major of that season. Characters in the [[Template:characters|template]] are excluded from this equation. One-shot characters are not in this list. Characters that are seen throughout the entire season are not included. Template to be used are {{tl|Season 1 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.0 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.5 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 3.0 Matrix}}, and {{tl|Season 3.5 Matrix}}.<br />
<br />
'''X''' - Seen<br/><br />
''Empty Boxes'' - Not Seen<br/><br />
<br />
== Season 1 ==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[101]] !! [[102]] !! [[103]] !! [[104]] !! [[105]] !! [[106]] !! [[107]] !! [[108]] !! [[109]] !! [[110]] !! [[111]] !! [[112]] !! [[113]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cottle|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|7=X|10=X|11=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|3=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sergeant Hadrian|4=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|4=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|11=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 2 ==<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.0 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[201]] !! [[202]] !! [[203]] !! [[204]] !! [[205]] !! [[206]] !! [[207]] !! [[208]] !! [[209]] !! [[210]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|5=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|6=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|1=X|2=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|3=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|1=X|2=X|3=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Simon|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.5 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[211]] !! [[212]] !! [[213]] !! [[214]] !! [[215]] !! [[216]] !! [[217]] !! [[218]] !! [[219]] !! [[220]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|11=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|11=X|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|11=X|13=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|12=X|13=X|14=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|13=X|15=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|11=X|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|16=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== The Resistance ==<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10<br />
|-<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|2=X|3=X|6=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Tucker Clellan|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|7=X|8=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=James Lyman|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Nora|1=X|3=X|4=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|6=X|7=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|4=X|5=X|10=X}}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{The Resistance Matrix|name=Sister Tivenan|2=X|10=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 3 ==<br />
=== Season 3.0 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[301]] !! [[302]] !! [[303]] !! [[304]] !! [[305]] !! [[306]] !! [[307]] !! [[308]] !! [[309]] !! [[310]] !! [[311]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|5=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cavil|1=X|2=X|3=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Charlie Connor|3=X|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|6=X|7=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hoshi|1=X|2=X|3=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|3=X|4=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|3=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Simon|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 3.5 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[312]] !! [[313]] !! [[314]] !! [[315]] !! [[316]] !! [[317]] !! [[318]] !! [[319]] !! [[320]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|13=X|14=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|12=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Noel Allison|15=X|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|12=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Costanza|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|16=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|14=X|16=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|14=X|16=X|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|18=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|15=X|16=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Simon}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X}}<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|*]]<br />
[[Category:Characters (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Lists]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|*]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Characters&diff=113123Template:Characters2007-03-15T07:50:19Z<p>Larocque6689: </p>
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| align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" |'''Main:''' [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]] | [[William Adama]] | [[Gaius Baltar]] | [[Laura Roslin]] | [[Number Eight|Sharon (Number Eight)]] | [[Number Six]]<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" |'''Supporting:''' [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] | [[Cottle|Dr. Cottle]] | [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] | [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] | [[Saul Tigh]] | [[Cally Tyrol]] | [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" |'''Recurring:''' [[Samuel Anders]] | [[Cavil]] | [[Leoben Conoy]] | [[Brendan Costanza|"Hotdog"]] | [[Number Five]] | [[Margaret Edmondson|"Racetrack"]] | [[Diana Seelix]] | [[Simon]] | [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" |'''Deceased:''' [[Socinus]] | [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] | [[Crashdown|"Crashdown"]] | [[Elosha]] | [[Helena Cain]] | [[Billy Keikeya]] | [[Ellen Tigh]] | [[Louanne Katraine|"Kat"]] | [[James Lyman|"Jammer"]] | [[Number Three]] <br />
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</noinclude></div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_character_appearances_(TRS)&diff=112978List of character appearances (TRS)2007-03-14T01:32:26Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Season 3.5 */ adding minors, doing *some* guesswork for 319/320</p>
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<div>:''To see this same list for the [[Original Series]] please view it [[List of character appearances (TOS)|here]].''<br />
<br />
This page serves as a table matrix for when all major and minor cast members were ''seen'', not heard. Characters must be seen at least 3 times to become a minor character and 6 times or more to become major of that season. Characters in the [[Template:characters|template]] are excluded from this equation. One-shot characters are not in this list. Characters that are seen throughout the entire season are not included. Template to be used are {{tl|Season 1 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.0 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.5 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 3.0 Matrix}}, and {{tl|Season 3.5 Matrix}}.<br />
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'''X''' - Seen<br/><br />
''Empty Boxes'' - Not Seen<br/><br />
<br />
== Season 1 ==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[101]] !! [[102]] !! [[103]] !! [[104]] !! [[105]] !! [[106]] !! [[107]] !! [[108]] !! [[109]] !! [[110]] !! [[111]] !! [[112]] !! [[113]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cottle|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|7=X|10=X|11=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|3=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sergeant Hadrian|4=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|4=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|11=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 2 ==<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.0 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[201]] !! [[202]] !! [[203]] !! [[204]] !! [[205]] !! [[206]] !! [[207]] !! [[208]] !! [[209]] !! [[210]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|5=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|6=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|1=X|2=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|3=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|1=X|2=X|3=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Simon|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.5 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[211]] !! [[212]] !! [[213]] !! [[214]] !! [[215]] !! [[216]] !! [[217]] !! [[218]] !! [[219]] !! [[220]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|11=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|11=X|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|11=X|13=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|12=X|13=X|14=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|13=X|15=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|11=X|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|16=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 3 ==<br />
=== Season 3.0 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[301]] !! [[302]] !! [[303]] !! [[304]] !! [[305]] !! [[306]] !! [[307]] !! [[308]] !! [[309]] !! [[310]] !! [[311]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|5=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cavil|1=X|2=X|3=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|6=X|7=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hoshi|1=X|2=X|3=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|3=X|4=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|3=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Simon|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 3.5 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[312]] !! [[313]] !! [[314]] !! [[315]] !! [[316]] !! [[317]] !! [[318]] !! [[319]] !! [[320]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|13=X|14=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|12=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|12=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|15=X|17=X|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|16=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|14=X|16=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|14=X|16=X|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|15=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Simon}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|*]]<br />
[[Category:Characters (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Lists]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|*]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_character_appearances_(TRS)&diff=112976List of character appearances (TRS)2007-03-14T01:23:34Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Season 3.5 */</p>
<hr />
<div>:''To see this same list for the [[Original Series]] please view it [[List of character appearances (TOS)|here]].''<br />
<br />
This page serves as a table matrix for when all major and minor cast members were ''seen'', not heard. Characters must be seen at least 3 times to become a minor character and 6 times or more to become major of that season. Characters in the [[Template:characters|template]] are excluded from this equation. One-shot characters are not in this list. Characters that are seen throughout the entire season are not included. Template to be used are {{tl|Season 1 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.0 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.5 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 3.0 Matrix}}, and {{tl|Season 3.5 Matrix}}.<br />
<br />
'''X''' - Seen<br/><br />
''Empty Boxes'' - Not Seen<br/><br />
<br />
== Season 1 ==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[101]] !! [[102]] !! [[103]] !! [[104]] !! [[105]] !! [[106]] !! [[107]] !! [[108]] !! [[109]] !! [[110]] !! [[111]] !! [[112]] !! [[113]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cottle|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|7=X|10=X|11=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|3=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sergeant Hadrian|4=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|4=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|11=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 2 ==<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.0 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[201]] !! [[202]] !! [[203]] !! [[204]] !! [[205]] !! [[206]] !! [[207]] !! [[208]] !! [[209]] !! [[210]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|5=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|6=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|1=X|2=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|3=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|1=X|2=X|3=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Simon|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.5 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[211]] !! [[212]] !! [[213]] !! [[214]] !! [[215]] !! [[216]] !! [[217]] !! [[218]] !! [[219]] !! [[220]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|11=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|11=X|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|11=X|13=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|12=X|13=X|14=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|13=X|15=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|11=X|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|16=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 3 ==<br />
=== Season 3.0 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[301]] !! [[302]] !! [[303]] !! [[304]] !! [[305]] !! [[306]] !! [[307]] !! [[308]] !! [[309]] !! [[310]] !! [[311]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|5=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cavil|1=X|2=X|3=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|6=X|7=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hoshi|1=X|2=X|3=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|3=X|4=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|3=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Simon|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 3.5 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[312]] !! [[313]] !! [[314]] !! [[315]] !! [[316]] !! [[317]] !! [[318]] !! [[319]] !! [[320]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|13=X|14=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|12=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|12=X|17=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|*]]<br />
[[Category:Characters (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Lists]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|*]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_character_appearances_(TRS)&diff=112975List of character appearances (TRS)2007-03-14T01:21:36Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Season 3.5 */ major characters added (guessing last two creds)</p>
<hr />
<div>:''To see this same list for the [[Original Series]] please view it [[List of character appearances (TOS)|here]].''<br />
<br />
This page serves as a table matrix for when all major and minor cast members were ''seen'', not heard. Characters must be seen at least 3 times to become a minor character and 6 times or more to become major of that season. Characters in the [[Template:characters|template]] are excluded from this equation. One-shot characters are not in this list. Characters that are seen throughout the entire season are not included. Template to be used are {{tl|Season 1 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.0 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.5 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 3.0 Matrix}}, and {{tl|Season 3.5 Matrix}}.<br />
<br />
'''X''' - Seen<br/><br />
''Empty Boxes'' - Not Seen<br/><br />
<br />
== Season 1 ==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[101]] !! [[102]] !! [[103]] !! [[104]] !! [[105]] !! [[106]] !! [[107]] !! [[108]] !! [[109]] !! [[110]] !! [[111]] !! [[112]] !! [[113]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cottle|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|7=X|10=X|11=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|3=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sergeant Hadrian|4=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|4=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|11=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 2 ==<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.0 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[201]] !! [[202]] !! [[203]] !! [[204]] !! [[205]] !! [[206]] !! [[207]] !! [[208]] !! [[209]] !! [[210]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|5=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|6=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|1=X|2=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|3=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|1=X|2=X|3=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Simon|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.5 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[211]] !! [[212]] !! [[213]] !! [[214]] !! [[215]] !! [[216]] !! [[217]] !! [[218]] !! [[219]] !! [[220]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|11=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|11=X|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|11=X|13=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|12=X|13=X|14=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|13=X|15=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|11=X|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|16=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 3 ==<br />
=== Season 3.0 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[301]] !! [[302]] !! [[303]] !! [[304]] !! [[305]] !! [[306]] !! [[307]] !! [[308]] !! [[309]] !! [[310]] !! [[311]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|5=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cavil|1=X|2=X|3=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|6=X|7=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hoshi|1=X|2=X|3=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|3=X|4=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|3=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Simon|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 3.5 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[312]] !! [[313]] !! [[314]] !! [[315]] !! [[316]] !! [[317]] !! [[318]] !! [[319]] !! [[320]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|13=X|14=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|12=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|12=X|17=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|*]]<br />
[[Category:Characters (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Lists]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|*]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_character_appearances_(TRS)&diff=112973List of character appearances (TRS)2007-03-14T01:07:57Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Season 3.0 */ filling out minor characters</p>
<hr />
<div>:''To see this same list for the [[Original Series]] please view it [[List of character appearances (TOS)|here]].''<br />
<br />
This page serves as a table matrix for when all major and minor cast members were ''seen'', not heard. Characters must be seen at least 3 times to become a minor character and 6 times or more to become major of that season. Characters in the [[Template:characters|template]] are excluded from this equation. One-shot characters are not in this list. Characters that are seen throughout the entire season are not included. Template to be used are {{tl|Season 1 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.0 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.5 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 3.0 Matrix}}, and {{tl|Season 3.5 Matrix}}.<br />
<br />
'''X''' - Seen<br/><br />
''Empty Boxes'' - Not Seen<br/><br />
<br />
== Season 1 ==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[101]] !! [[102]] !! [[103]] !! [[104]] !! [[105]] !! [[106]] !! [[107]] !! [[108]] !! [[109]] !! [[110]] !! [[111]] !! [[112]] !! [[113]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cottle|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|7=X|10=X|11=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|3=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sergeant Hadrian|4=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|4=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|11=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 2 ==<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.0 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[201]] !! [[202]] !! [[203]] !! [[204]] !! [[205]] !! [[206]] !! [[207]] !! [[208]] !! [[209]] !! [[210]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|5=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|6=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|1=X|2=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|3=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|1=X|2=X|3=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Simon|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.5 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[211]] !! [[212]] !! [[213]] !! [[214]] !! [[215]] !! [[216]] !! [[217]] !! [[218]] !! [[219]] !! [[220]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|11=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|11=X|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|11=X|13=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|12=X|13=X|14=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|13=X|15=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|11=X|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|16=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Season 3 ==<br />
=== Season 3.0 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[301]] !! [[302]] !! [[303]] !! [[304]] !! [[305]] !! [[306]] !! [[307]] !! [[308]] !! [[309]] !! [[310]] !! [[311]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|5=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cavil|1=X|2=X|3=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|6=X|7=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hoshi|1=X|2=X|3=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|3=X|4=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|3=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Simon|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Season 3.5 ===<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[312]] !! [[313]] !! [[314]] !! [[315]] !! [[316]] !! [[317]] !! [[318]] !! [[319]] !! [[320]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|12=X|17=X}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|*]]<br />
[[Category:Characters (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Lists]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|*]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_character_appearances_(TRS)&diff=112971List of character appearances (TRS)2007-03-14T00:54:03Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Season 3.0 */ correcting major characters</p>
<hr />
<div>:''To see this same list for the [[Original Series]] please view it [[List of character appearances (TOS)|here]].''<br />
<br />
This page serves as a table matrix for when all major and minor cast members were ''seen'', not heard. Characters must be seen at least 3 times to become a minor character and 6 times or more to become major of that season. Characters in the [[Template:characters|template]] are excluded from this equation. One-shot characters are not in this list. Characters that are seen throughout the entire season are not included. Template to be used are {{tl|Season 1 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.0 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.5 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 3.0 Matrix}}, and {{tl|Season 3.5 Matrix}}.<br />
<br />
'''X''' - Seen<br/><br />
''Empty Boxes'' - Not Seen<br/><br />
<br />
== Season 1 ==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
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| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
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{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cottle|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|7=X|10=X|11=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
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| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
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{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|3=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sergeant Hadrian|4=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|4=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|11=X}}<br />
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== Season 2 ==<br />
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=== Season 2.0 ===<br />
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{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
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{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|5=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|6=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|1=X|2=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|3=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|1=X|2=X|3=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Simon|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
|}<br />
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=== Season 2.5 ===<br />
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{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|11=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|11=X|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|11=X|13=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|12=X|13=X|14=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
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{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|13=X|15=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|11=X|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|16=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
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=== Season 3.0 ===<br />
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{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
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{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Cally Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|9=X|11=X}}<br />
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[[Category:RDM|*]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Pegasus_(episode)&diff=112765Pegasus (episode)2007-03-13T00:22:09Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Guest stars */</p>
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<div>: ''For information related the [[Mercury-class Battlestar|battlestar]] ''Pegasus'' itself, see ''[[Pegasus (RDM)]]''. For information about the extended cut of this episode see [[Pegasus (Extended Version)]].''<br />
{{Episode Data<br />
| image = caingalact.jpg<br />
| title=Pegasus<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=10<br />
| guests=[[Michelle Forbes]] as Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]]<br />
| writer=[[Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production=210<br />
| rating= 2.0<br />
| US airdate=2005-12-23<br />
| UK airdate=2006-03-14<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 49605<br />
| oldpopulation= 47853<br />
| extra='''Season 2.0 Cliffhanger'''<br />
| prev=[[Flight of the Phoenix]]<br />
| next=[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]<br />
| podcast=Y<br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Overview ==<br />
<br />
:''[[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] happily discovers that the [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' has survived the destruction of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonies]], only to have [[Helena Cain|Admiral Cain]] take command of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and enforce her own hardcore military doctrine on the Fleet.''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
*''Pegasus'', a [[Mercury class battlestar]], has joined the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. She survived the attack by [[blind-jump]]ing as the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] attacked the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]].<br />
* A large Cylon fleet of two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s, approximately one dozen support ships and an [[Unknown Cylon Ship]] have been trailing the Fleet. ''Pegasus'' detected this fleet, which in turn led them to find ''Galactica''.<br />
*''Pegasus'' discovered this Cylon Fleet and has been carrying out hit-and-run attacks against the Cylons. At first the Cylon fleet's course seemed to be random, until Cain realized they were going to systems with natural resources.<br />
* After looking over ''Galactica's'' logs, Cain surmises that the Cylon fleet was following ''Galactica'' (which itself was Jumping to systems with natural resources for the Fleet). <br />
* Upon assuming command of the Fleet, Cain moves crew members around, citing discipline concerns, transferring [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] to ''Pegasus''.<br />
* President [[Laura Roslin]] has concerns about why Cain ignores her requests to talk and, more importantly, why ''Pegasus'' is only resupplying ''Galactica's'' military stores and ignoring the Fleet's needs.<br />
* Tyrol welcomes his counterpart from ''Pegasus''. [[Peter Laird]] is a civilian aeronautical engineer-turned Deck Chief who designed the [[DDG-62|old engines]] in the [[Blackbird]]. Laird is both appalled and impressed by Tyrol's new stealth fighter.<br />
* Captain Adama is essentially busted down to [[Raptor]] pilot in a recon mission to the Cylon fleet. He shows his defiant side by asking Starbuck (who is pulled off the recon mission herself for insubordination) to commandeer the [[Blackbird]] for better recon photos of the Cylon fleet, all without being noticed by Colonial ''or'' Cylon forces.<br />
* [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] discover that [[Gina]], the Cylon prisoner aboard ''Pegasus'', was raped by the crew as a form of torture. They rush to ''Galactica'''s brig, where a ''Pegasus'' lieutenant, [[Alastair Thorne]], is about to rape the Caprica copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]. Tyrol throws Thorne against a bulkhead, accidentally killing him. The pair are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus''. [[image:pegasus02.jpg|left|thumb|Battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''.]]<br />
*Commander Adama is angered at Admiral Cain's convening of courts-martial for the men on ''Pegasus'', not ''Galactica'' where the offense occurred. Admiral Cain refuses to return the prisoners and balks at the thought of an independent tribunal to settle the dispute. Using Adama's logs against him once more, she notes that the [[Litmus|last time ''Galactica'' held a tribunal]], Commander Adama dissolved the tribunal when he "didn't like the verdict." <br />
*Admiral Cain rapidly decides the verdict by herself hours later and orders Helo and Tyrol to be executed.<br />
*Upon discovering what Admiral Cain's hasty execution order, Commander Adama orders a Raptor to fly out with an armed [[Marine]] boarding party, and launches ''Galactica's'' Vipers against ''Pegasus'', demanding that Admiral Cain release [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Galen Tyrol]]. <br />
*Admiral Cain launches ''Pegasus''' Vipers against the incoming Vipers from ''Galactica''. They close in on each other as the episode ends.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
<br />
*Will Starbuck and her [[Blackbird]] stealth fighter play a role in the armed standoff between ''Pegasus'' and ''Galactica''? ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Answer]])<br />
*Where did the ''Pegasus'' crew get fresh fruit?<br />
*If a ship like ''Galactica'' needs constant fueling and supplies on a daily basis, how has the Pegasus been operating this long without these necessities, not withstanding the ships needed to facilitate this.<br />
*In the absence of Apollo and Starbuck, who is leading ''Galactica's'' fighters against ''Pegasus''? [[George Birch]]? [[Simes]]? ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Answer]])<br />
*What is the function of the unknown Cylon ship? ([[Resurrection Ship|Answer]])<br />
*Roslin is commander-in-chief of the Colonial Fleet. Could she be the one to order Cain to stand down by citing regulations to Roslin's benefit in the same way that Cain has done against Adama? Roslin could also order another member of ''Pegasus'' to assume command to enforce this. Would Cain accept such a move, given that she barely acknowledges Roslin's authority?<br />
*Does the Blackbird have FTL? ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Answer]])<br />
* Why are so many Viper pilots tasked with a recon mission carried out by Raptors? Did ''Pegasus'' lose many Raptor pilots?<br />
* Why is it a blow to Apollo's honor for him to be piloting a Raptor? Is there a rivalry between Raptor and Viper pilots?<br />
* How did Cain and her crew discover the existence of humanoid Cylon models? ([[Pegasus (Extended Version)|Possible answer]])<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*[[Cally]]'s charged reaction to the drunken Pegasus crewmen bragging about raping Number Six/Gina repeatedly is probably due to herself being the survivor of an attempted rape, in "[[Bastille Day]]". This disgust with the ''Pegasus'' crew's gang-rape of Gina is interesting in light of the fact that Cally had no compunctions about killing the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii. Evidently she now acknowledges the Cylons' humanity in at least some measure. Perhaps she's felt a connection between this and her own assault on board ''[[Astral Queen]]'' by [[Mason]] in "[[Bastille Day]]".<br />
**It's also possible that, since her fellow female deck crew also look disgusted and follow her out, women just don't appreciate talk about rape in general. RDM says something to this effect [[Podcast:Pegasus#Act 3|in the podcast]].<br />
*It is interesting on a dramatic level how the portrayal of Cally's killing Galactica-Valerii in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]" contrasts with the portrayal of the brutalized Gina and the attempted rape of Caprica-Valerii. It was less shocking to many to watch Boomer being shot to death than it was to watch Caprica-Valerii being pinned down over her bunk and almost raped—possibly because, while killing a Valerii copy is an understandable act of revenge, raping one would be a senseless act of cruelty.<br />
*In the [[Miniseries]], Adama first proposes that ''Galactica'' will go about independent of the rest of the fleet and fight the Cylons. Roslin persuades him to instead protect and lead the fleet on their escape from the colonies. The ''Pegasus'', in contrast, ''did'' travel about independently attacking the Cylons. The condition of the ''Pegasus'''s crew may be an indication of what would have happened to ''Galactica'' if she stood and fought.<br />
*In contrast to ''Galactica'''s nearly evenly gender-divided crew, the crew of the ''Pegasus'' seems predominantly male to a very high degree. Admiral Cain is the only female aboard ''Pegasus'' with a speaking role, with only a couple other females visible in the hallways or in the ''Pegasus'' ready room. This stands in notable contrast to Ron Moore's egalitarian vision of gender issues in the military, and might have been an intentional decision made during production. In addition, the dialogue of the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmen suggests they've perhaps forgotten how to act around women— they either ignore or fail to understand Cally's and Seelix's disgust with their talk about gang-raping Gina. This may be a contributing factor to the behavior of the ''Pegasus'' crew, the relative paucity of women aboard ''Pegasus'', and the resulting sexual frustration could have led to the overly regimented, authoritarian, and brutal culture the crew developed, culminating in the senseless, repeated gang rape of the Cylon prisoner [[Gina]].<br />
*Not simply relying on her rank, Admiral Cain asserts her dominance in more subtle ways as soon as she sets foot on ''Galactica''. Despite the fact that she's bringing one ship to join dozens, she welcomes ''Galactica'' back to the Colonial Fleet, thus defining the Fleet as wherever she is. Later she tells Roslin 'You look like I just shot your dog' when she asserts her authority over Adama. Both of these acts give some show of being welcoming or friendly, but also claim her spot at the top of the food chain. <br />
**Although ''Pegasus'' is only one ship, it's only one of two battlestars in the fleet. Being a [[Mercury class battlestar]], it is also more advanced than ''Galactica'', which was scheduled to be decommissioned. As such, the older battlestar hasn't the resources that ''Pegasus'' does. Although Cain's statement obviously shows her enlarged ego, it rings true purely from the standpoint of military prowess.<br />
**Cain is also the higher ranking officer—with the rest of Colonial Fleet destroyed, command naturally fell to her, not Adama, despite her absence from the remainder of the fleet. So by military regulation her statement also rings true.<br />
*[[Peter Laird|Laird]], ''Pegasus' '' deck chief, refers to events since "the war happened". Admiral Cain and her ''Pegasus'' crew seem to still consider fighting against the Cylons to be a war, while in the [[Miniseries]] Commander Adama admitted that "the war is over, we lost".<br />
*Visual effects gaffe: When we cut to ''Galactica's'' exterior as Adama makes his way to the bridge, it is behind and slightly above and to the left of ''Pegasus''. When we see it again a few minutes later as it launches Vipers towards ''Galactica'', it's quite a distance away from the fleet, above it and facing its left side. Both ships may have just quickly moved into attack position while Adama was on the phone with Cain.<br />
*Thrace's criticism of Taylor's reconaissance plan - that the Cylons would never leave such an obvious blind spot unaccounted for - is the same criticism she made of Tigh's initial assault plan in [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]].<br />
*There are problems with Admiral Cain's statement that she has broad authority due to being a flag officer on detached service during a time of war. The military command structure of the Colonial Fleet no longer exists on the Twelve Colonies. All existing Colonial authorities, both military and civilian, are right where Cain is, so she is not actually "detached" from anywhere. Also, Adama and Roslin decided that the official war is over, though Cain would obviously never accept that.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*The episode ran over time and a lot of the background information was cut from the television release. However the deleteted scenes were restored for the DVD release to create a 5-act episode. These changes are detailed in the "[[Pegasus (Extended Version)]]" article.<br />
* This episode has been nominated for the [[Awards and Honors|2006 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form]]<br />
*Population count is 49,605, a dramatic increase of 1,752 since the 47,853 count in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]", undoubtedly to account for the addition of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' and her crew to the Colonial Fleet.<br />
**Cain notes that Pegasus lost 700 crew in the opening attack. Lieutenant [[Alastair Thorne|Thorne]] also tells [[Gaius Baltar|Dr. Baltar]] that Gina killed 7 of his men. Also, Colonel [[Jack Fisk]] tells Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] that Cain executed the previous XO for failure to attack a Cylon staging area. Thus we may speculate that at the time of the attack her crew totaled to 2,460, give or take a few.<br />
***This number does not take into account any casualties that may have occurred because of the attack on the Cylon staging area, or any subsequent encounters with the Cylons. <br />
***Given the relative ease that Cain had with removing disloyal officers -- according to Colonel Fisk, her XO had served with her for many years prior to his execution by Cain -- there may be additional officers she had swiftly court martialed (ref: Tyrol and Agathon) and executed as well. Given Cain's megalomaniac streak, it is also possible that some of the civilians she'd rescued from the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards may have met unfortunate "mishaps" as well. <br />
**This is substantially smaller than ''[[Galactica]]'''s crew, possibly explained by many of Cain's crew being on leave at the time of the attack and mainly increased automation due to newer technology.<br />
**Also, as [[Peter Laird|Laird]] indicates, many civilians were pressed into service. So the number of actual pre-Holocaust ''Pegasus'' crew members may be far less than indicated above.<br />
*[[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] flies wingman to [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] in the opening sequence of this episode, as the [[CAP]] scouts ''Pegasus''. Evidently she's been judged fit to resume flight status after negligently damaging a Viper due to overuse of [[Stims]] in "[[Final Cut]]".<br />
* As the episode ends,the bulk of ''[[Galactica]]'s'' Viper fleet consist of the Mark IIs, while ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' had the Mark VIIs. A classic picture of "old vs. new".<br />
**While ''Pegasus'' seems to have entirely Viper Mk. VIIs, they would presumably have had to removed most of the automated systems from them (to prevent Cylon virus infiltration). Doing this makes them more difficult to fly (''Galactica's'' few Mk. VII's are only used by the most capable pilots now). ''Pegasus's'' pilots might have more advanced fighters but they aren't as reliable now as the tried-and-true Mk. IIs.<br />
* [[Helena Cain]] is the female version of [[Cain (TOS)|Cain]], who was portrayed by the late [[Lloyd Bridges]] in the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978)|Battlestar Galactica]]''. <br />
* This episode is inspired by the two part episode, "[[The Living Legend, Part I (TOS)|The Living Legend]]". <br />
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] also wrote another episode called [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Pegasus The Pegasus], in the seventh season of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.<br />
* During the premiere airing of this episode on the Sci-Fi Channel, when the episode came back from commercial at the start of Act 3 a "Viewer Discretion Is Advised" black and white message was inserted, warning of "mature subject matter" and content. The following final act of the episode shows drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmen bragging about raping the Humanoid Cylon known as Gina, then the scene where Lt.Thorne attempts to rape Caprica-Sharon and Tyrol and Agathon intervene and fight the marine guards appears.<br />
* ''Pegasus'' crew wear a white version of the Colonial patch on their uniforms instead of the gold version used by ''Galactica''.<br />
**Apollo and Starbuck do not switch to this version after their transfer to ''Pegasus'', in this or subsequent episodes.<br />
*Baltar makes an etiquette flub, referring to Admiral Cain as "Commander"; she promptly corrects him "Admiral!" and he apologizes. This might be a little in-joke that in the Original Series, Cain was a Commander, and did not outrank Adama.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*{{audio|Pegasus - I'm here to help you.mp3|''Speaking to Gina''}}<br />
:'''Baltar''': The food is yours. It's not a trick. I'm not going to take it away at the last second. You know, I...um...I'm just gonna talk right now. I don't expect you to say anything. Back on Caprica, before the attack—and sometimes I forget there was a world before the attack—I knew someone…a woman, unlike any other woman I'd ever known. She was unique. Beautiful, clever, intensely sensual. When she wasn't in my bed, she was in my thoughts. She was a Cylon. And she changed my life in a very real, very fundamental way in that I have quite literally never stopped thinking about her, because I love her. To this very day, I love her. And she looks exactly like you. My name is Gaius Baltar, and I'm here to help you.<br />
<br />
* {{audio|Pegasus - I'm getting my men.mp3|''Cain and Adama are discussing Helo and Tyrol's court-martial over wireless''}}<br />
:'''Adama''': You told me they'd get a fair trial. What kind of a trial could they have possibly had?<br />
:'''Cain''': I assure you I heard them out. I weighed their statements against those of the guards and I took into consideration their service records and commendations. It was a difficult decision, Commander, but I dare say it was a fair one.<br />
:'''Adama''': They have the right to have their case heard by a jury.<br />
:'''Cain''': I am a flag officer on detached service during a time of war. Regulations give me broad authority in this matter.<br />
:'''Adama''' (to Tigh): Launch the fighters. (to Cain): You can quote me whatever regulation you'd like. I'm not going to let you execute my men.<br />
:'''Cain''': I highly suggest you reconsider that statement, Commander.<br />
:'''Fisk''': Admiral, ''Galactica'' is launching Vipers and a Raptor.<br />
:'''Cain''': Commander, why are you launching Vipers?<br />
:'''Adama''': Please arrange for Chief Tyrol and Lieutenant Agathon to be handed over to my marines as soon as they arrive. <br />
:'''Cain''': I don't take orders from you!<br />
:'''Adama''': Call it whatever you like. I'm getting my men.<br />
:'''Cain''': You are making such a mistake.<br />
:'''Adama''': I'm getting my men.<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
*In an [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/outside_docs/bg_outdoc0050.htm interview with BattlestarGalactica.com on December 28th, 2005] RDM was asked about controversy surrounding this episode:<br />
<br />
:"Q: Walt Kelly's Pogo used the phrase "the enemy is us" as part of a 1970's anti-litter campaign, and recently David Eick has cited it as a theme in the longer Pegasus arc of the second season. Some of the show's vocal critics charge that this notion promotes a "Blame America" attitude or is a sort of stealth anti-Americanism. What is this concept supposed to convey as we head into the bottom half of the second season? <br />
<br />
:RDM: The reference is to the fact that human beings are often their own worst enemy. In the context of the show, it means that the real challenges to who and what these people are often comes not from bullets, but from within. I continue to be amazed at how easily one gets tagged with the moniker of "anti-American" these days by those on the right. It's almost... well, anti-American."<br />
<br />
* From [http://www.thescifiworld.net/interviews/aaron_douglas_01.htm TheSciFiWorld.net's inverview] with [[Aaron Douglas]]:<br />
<br />
: '''Gilles Nuytens:''' I read some critics about the "rape" scene shown in the last episode aired, as you played in this scene, what's your opinion on it?<br />
: '''Aaron Douglas:''' BSG is a reflection of real life and these types of events go on everyday. Many people were upset by it but to me they need to realize that this is the world we live in. Does that mean they have or want to watch? Absolutely not but do not discount it as sensationalism. What we shot was so much more graphic than what was aired and I understand why they did not use it. In what aired the rape had not totally begun. It was suggestive. I thought it was a good scene and on point with the story and not added to draw in viewers. That suggestion is absurd. I know Ron Moore very well and he is not the kind of person or writer to add scenes purely for sensationalistic or ratings purposes. They have to be on point, truthfully reflect the situation and today's world and be relevant to the story or they are not there. It also amazes me that people have no problem with beatings, shootings, bombings, stabbings etc. but show a breast, a bottom, or a grope and they fly off the wall to condemn it.<br />
<br />
: This happens in all areas of film, television and theatre and it is ridiculous.<br />
<br />
* From [http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com/article.php?Article=2674 Hollywood North Report: Battlestar Galactica Set Visit, Part II], article on filming the [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|series finale]] and an interview with [[Mary McDonnell]]:<br />
<br />
: '''Robert Falconer:''' Speaking of bleak, you had some pretty strong feelings about how people reacted to that rape scene at the end of Pegasus, and the overall problem of how violence against women tends to be portrayed on television.<br />
<br />
: '''[[Mary McDonnell]]''': I have strong feelings about this as a woman; it’s a huge button for me, the issue of violence against women on television and how much of this stuff we’re going to pump out there before it becomes an accepted point of view that that’s what happens to women, and no-one takes responsibility and there’s no consequences.<br />
<br />
:But there’s a big difference between crystallizing it inside a genre that doesn’t do it very often; making it part of one story one week, and the mainstream, non-sci-fi television where we become used to seeing women being raped and killed and mutilated—and other horrible things. ''That’s'' the sad thing.<br />
<br />
:So for me, the fact that it was so upsetting to people when presented on ''Battlestar Galactica'' is a very good thing. It ''should'' be upsetting. It ''needs'' to be very, very upsetting. One ''should'' watch it and think, “I don’t want to see that!” We shouldn’t be using the fragility or vulnerability of the female body as a “technique” around which to build entertainment.<br />
<br />
:I believe if ''Galactica'' were doing that sort of thing all the time, then the show would have a problem. But the way it was portrayed enables people to dialogue and talk about these sorts of things. Fires should be lit. And we should hear. Then you know if you’re in the ballpark of something that is really relevant, or if you’re being exploitive. And I have a lot of respect for the people who got upset as well as the people who wrote it.<br />
<br />
* From [http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com/article.php?Article=2363 Hollywood North Report: Battlestar Galactica Set Visit, Part I], which includes an interview with [[Edward James Olmos]]:<br />
<br />
: '''Robert Falconer''': By the end of “Pegasus,” Adama makes a decision with potentially sweeping consequences, but one that logically follows from everything that has happened to him up to that point. Is this a decision he will be able to live with as a military leader?<br />
<br />
: '''Edward James Olmos''': I think Adama’s decision to attack the ''Pegasus'' could be interpreted as strictly military in nature. You don’t leave anybody behind, and protecting your men is a fundamental tenet of any military leader. In fact, you could argue that he has no consideration for anyone OTHER than his military guys aboard the Pegasus—he’s not thinking about the fleet at that moment, he’s not even thinking about the future of either of those two battlestars, because they’re going to blast each other to bits, since he’s not going to give into Cain’s craziness.<br />
<br />
: '''Robert''': The rape scene toward the end of “Pegasus” has stirred up a lot of controversy in certain quarters. Ironically, there seems to be something of a disconnect here; people seem more willing to accept this in contemporary mainstream drama than they do in television science fiction, almost as if they’ve become conditioned to science fiction presenting a sanitized view of the future. Any thoughts on that?<br />
<br />
: '''Edward James Olmos''': Well for those who were particularly upset by the scene to which you refer, I pray to god they don’t watch because it’s only going to get worse. They should be warned right now: please turn off your television sets and do not watch this show because it’s only going to provide more insight into the complexities of what happens to human beings. I would say that the minority of people who were freaked out by the rape scene are likely to be jarred into unconsciousness. So I say to them: do not watch this program, it could be hazardous to your health.<br />
<br />
: For everyone else, hang on, ‘cause it’s gonna be a helluva ride…<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Graham Beckel]] as Colonel [[Jack Fisk]]<br />
*[[John Pyper-Ferguson]] as Captain [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]]<br />
*[[Sebastian Spence]] as [[Narcho]] <br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Fulvio Cecere]] as Lt. [[Alastair Thorne]]<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as Specialist [[Gage]]<br />
*[[Derek Delost]] as Specialist [[Vireem]]<br />
*[[Vincent Gale]] as Chief [[Peter Laird]]<br />
*[[Michael Jonsson]] as Pegasus Guard #1<br />
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<div>: ''For information related the [[Mercury-class Battlestar|battlestar]] ''Pegasus'' itself, see ''[[Pegasus (RDM)]]''. For information about the extended cut of this episode see [[Pegasus (Extended Version)]].''<br />
{{Episode Data<br />
| image = caingalact.jpg<br />
| title=Pegasus<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=10<br />
| guests=[[Michelle Forbes]] as Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]]<br />
| writer=[[Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production=210<br />
| rating= 2.0<br />
| US airdate=2005-12-23<br />
| UK airdate=2006-03-14<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 49605<br />
| oldpopulation= 47853<br />
| extra='''Season 2.0 Cliffhanger'''<br />
| prev=[[Flight of the Phoenix]]<br />
| next=[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]<br />
| podcast=Y<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
<br />
:''[[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] happily discovers that the [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' has survived the destruction of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonies]], only to have [[Helena Cain|Admiral Cain]] take command of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and enforce her own hardcore military doctrine on the Fleet.''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
*''Pegasus'', a [[Mercury class battlestar]], has joined the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. She survived the attack by [[blind-jump]]ing as the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] attacked the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]].<br />
* A large Cylon fleet of two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s, approximately one dozen support ships and an [[Unknown Cylon Ship]] have been trailing the Fleet. ''Pegasus'' detected this fleet, which in turn led them to find ''Galactica''.<br />
*''Pegasus'' discovered this Cylon Fleet and has been carrying out hit-and-run attacks against the Cylons. At first the Cylon fleet's course seemed to be random, until Cain realized they were going to systems with natural resources.<br />
* After looking over ''Galactica's'' logs, Cain surmises that the Cylon fleet was following ''Galactica'' (which itself was Jumping to systems with natural resources for the Fleet). <br />
* Upon assuming command of the Fleet, Cain moves crew members around, citing discipline concerns, transferring [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] to ''Pegasus''.<br />
* President [[Laura Roslin]] has concerns about why Cain ignores her requests to talk and, more importantly, why ''Pegasus'' is only resupplying ''Galactica's'' military stores and ignoring the Fleet's needs.<br />
* Tyrol welcomes his counterpart from ''Pegasus''. [[Peter Laird]] is a civilian aeronautical engineer-turned Deck Chief who designed the [[DDG-62|old engines]] in the [[Blackbird]]. Laird is both appalled and impressed by Tyrol's new stealth fighter.<br />
* Captain Adama is essentially busted down to [[Raptor]] pilot in a recon mission to the Cylon fleet. He shows his defiant side by asking Starbuck (who is pulled off the recon mission herself for insubordination) to commandeer the [[Blackbird]] for better recon photos of the Cylon fleet, all without being noticed by Colonial ''or'' Cylon forces.<br />
* [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] discover that [[Gina]], the Cylon prisoner aboard ''Pegasus'', was raped by the crew as a form of torture. They rush to ''Galactica'''s brig, where a ''Pegasus'' lieutenant, [[Alastair Thorne]], is about to rape the Caprica copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]. Tyrol throws Thorne against a bulkhead, accidentally killing him. The pair are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus''. [[image:pegasus02.jpg|left|thumb|Battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''.]]<br />
*Commander Adama is angered at Admiral Cain's convening of courts-martial for the men on ''Pegasus'', not ''Galactica'' where the offense occurred. Admiral Cain refuses to return the prisoners and balks at the thought of an independent tribunal to settle the dispute. Using Adama's logs against him once more, she notes that the [[Litmus|last time ''Galactica'' held a tribunal]], Commander Adama dissolved the tribunal when he "didn't like the verdict." <br />
*Admiral Cain rapidly decides the verdict by herself hours later and orders Helo and Tyrol to be executed.<br />
*Upon discovering what Admiral Cain's hasty execution order, Commander Adama orders a Raptor to fly out with an armed [[Marine]] boarding party, and launches ''Galactica's'' Vipers against ''Pegasus'', demanding that Admiral Cain release [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Galen Tyrol]]. <br />
*Admiral Cain launches ''Pegasus''' Vipers against the incoming Vipers from ''Galactica''. They close in on each other as the episode ends.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
*Will Starbuck and her [[Blackbird]] stealth fighter play a role in the armed standoff between ''Pegasus'' and ''Galactica''? ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Answer]])<br />
*Where did the ''Pegasus'' crew get fresh fruit?<br />
*If a ship like ''Galactica'' needs constant fueling and supplies on a daily basis, how has the Pegasus been operating this long without these necessities, not withstanding the ships needed to facilitate this.<br />
*In the absence of Apollo and Starbuck, who is leading ''Galactica's'' fighters against ''Pegasus''? [[George Birch]]? [[Simes]]? ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Answer]])<br />
*What is the function of the unknown Cylon ship? ([[Resurrection Ship|Answer]])<br />
*Roslin is commander-in-chief of the Colonial Fleet. Could she be the one to order Cain to stand down by citing regulations to Roslin's benefit in the same way that Cain has done against Adama? Roslin could also order another member of ''Pegasus'' to assume command to enforce this. Would Cain accept such a move, given that she barely acknowledges Roslin's authority?<br />
*Does the Blackbird have FTL? ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Answer]])<br />
* Why are so many Viper pilots tasked with a recon mission carried out by Raptors? Did ''Pegasus'' lose many Raptor pilots?<br />
* Why is it a blow to Apollo's honor for him to be piloting a Raptor? Is there a rivalry between Raptor and Viper pilots?<br />
* How did Cain and her crew discover the existence of humanoid Cylon models? ([[Pegasus (Extended Version)|Possible answer]])<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
*[[Cally]]'s charged reaction to the drunken Pegasus crewmen bragging about raping Number Six/Gina repeatedly is probably due to herself being the survivor of an attempted rape, in "[[Bastille Day]]". This disgust with the ''Pegasus'' crew's gang-rape of Gina is interesting in light of the fact that Cally had no compunctions about killing the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii. Evidently she now acknowledges the Cylons' humanity in at least some measure. Perhaps she's felt a connection between this and her own assault on board ''[[Astral Queen]]'' by [[Mason]] in "[[Bastille Day]]".<br />
**It's also possible that, since her fellow female deck crew also look disgusted and follow her out, women just don't appreciate talk about rape in general. RDM says something to this effect [[Podcast:Pegasus#Act 3|in the podcast]].<br />
*It is interesting on a dramatic level how the portrayal of Cally's killing Galactica-Valerii in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]" contrasts with the portrayal of the brutalized Gina and the attempted rape of Caprica-Valerii. It was less shocking to many to watch Boomer being shot to death than it was to watch Caprica-Valerii being pinned down over her bunk and almost raped—possibly because, while killing a Valerii copy is an understandable act of revenge, raping one would be a senseless act of cruelty.<br />
*In the [[Miniseries]], Adama first proposes that ''Galactica'' will go about independent of the rest of the fleet and fight the Cylons. Roslin persuades him to instead protect and lead the fleet on their escape from the colonies. The ''Pegasus'', in contrast, ''did'' travel about independently attacking the Cylons. The condition of the ''Pegasus'''s crew may be an indication of what would have happened to ''Galactica'' if she stood and fought.<br />
*In contrast to ''Galactica'''s nearly evenly gender-divided crew, the crew of the ''Pegasus'' seems predominantly male to a very high degree. Admiral Cain is the only female aboard ''Pegasus'' with a speaking role, with only a couple other females visible in the hallways or in the ''Pegasus'' ready room. This stands in notable contrast to Ron Moore's egalitarian vision of gender issues in the military, and might have been an intentional decision made during production. In addition, the dialogue of the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmen suggests they've perhaps forgotten how to act around women— they either ignore or fail to understand Cally's and Seelix's disgust with their talk about gang-raping Gina. This may be a contributing factor to the behavior of the ''Pegasus'' crew, the relative paucity of women aboard ''Pegasus'', and the resulting sexual frustration could have led to the overly regimented, authoritarian, and brutal culture the crew developed, culminating in the senseless, repeated gang rape of the Cylon prisoner [[Gina]].<br />
*Not simply relying on her rank, Admiral Cain asserts her dominance in more subtle ways as soon as she sets foot on ''Galactica''. Despite the fact that she's bringing one ship to join dozens, she welcomes ''Galactica'' back to the Colonial Fleet, thus defining the Fleet as wherever she is. Later she tells Roslin 'You look like I just shot your dog' when she asserts her authority over Adama. Both of these acts give some show of being welcoming or friendly, but also claim her spot at the top of the food chain. <br />
**Although ''Pegasus'' is only one ship, it's only one of two battlestars in the fleet. Being a [[Mercury class battlestar]], it is also more advanced than ''Galactica'', which was scheduled to be decommissioned. As such, the older battlestar hasn't the resources that ''Pegasus'' does. Although Cain's statement obviously shows her enlarged ego, it rings true purely from the standpoint of military prowess.<br />
**Cain is also the higher ranking officer—with the rest of Colonial Fleet destroyed, command naturally fell to her, not Adama, despite her absence from the remainder of the fleet. So by military regulation her statement also rings true.<br />
*[[Peter Laird|Laird]], ''Pegasus' '' deck chief, refers to events since "the war happened". Admiral Cain and her ''Pegasus'' crew seem to still consider fighting against the Cylons to be a war, while in the [[Miniseries]] Commander Adama admitted that "the war is over, we lost".<br />
*Visual effects gaffe: When we cut to ''Galactica's'' exterior as Adama makes his way to the bridge, it is behind and slightly above and to the left of ''Pegasus''. When we see it again a few minutes later as it launches Vipers towards ''Galactica'', it's quite a distance away from the fleet, above it and facing its left side. Both ships may have just quickly moved into attack position while Adama was on the phone with Cain.<br />
*Thrace's criticism of Taylor's reconaissance plan - that the Cylons would never leave such an obvious blind spot unaccounted for - is the same criticism she made of Tigh's initial assault plan in [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]].<br />
*There are problems with Admiral Cain's statement that she has broad authority due to being a flag officer on detached service during a time of war. The military command structure of the Colonial Fleet no longer exists on the Twelve Colonies. All existing Colonial authorities, both military and civilian, are right where Cain is, so she is not actually "detached" from anywhere. Also, Adama and Roslin decided that the official war is over, though Cain would obviously never accept that.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
*The episode ran over time and a lot of the background information was cut from the television release. However the deleteted scenes were restored for the DVD release to create a 5-act episode. These changes are detailed in the "[[Pegasus (Extended Version)]]" article.<br />
* This episode has been nominated for the [[Awards and Honors|2006 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form]]<br />
*Population count is 49,605, a dramatic increase of 1,752 since the 47,853 count in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]", undoubtedly to account for the addition of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' and her crew to the Colonial Fleet.<br />
**Cain notes that Pegasus lost 700 crew in the opening attack. Lieutenant [[Alastair Thorne|Thorne]] also tells [[Gaius Baltar|Dr. Baltar]] that Gina killed 7 of his men. Also, Colonel [[Jack Fisk]] tells Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] that Cain executed the previous XO for failure to attack a Cylon staging area. Thus we may speculate that at the time of the attack her crew totaled to 2,460, give or take a few.<br />
***This number does not take into account any casualties that may have occurred because of the attack on the Cylon staging area, or any subsequent encounters with the Cylons. <br />
***Given the relative ease that Cain had with removing disloyal officers -- according to Colonel Fisk, her XO had served with her for many years prior to his execution by Cain -- there may be additional officers she had swiftly court martialed (ref: Tyrol and Agathon) and executed as well. Given Cain's megalomaniac streak, it is also possible that some of the civilians she'd rescued from the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards may have met unfortunate "mishaps" as well. <br />
**This is substantially smaller than ''[[Galactica]]'''s crew, possibly explained by many of Cain's crew being on leave at the time of the attack and mainly increased automation due to newer technology.<br />
**Also, as [[Peter Laird|Laird]] indicates, many civilians were pressed into service. So the number of actual pre-Holocaust ''Pegasus'' crew members may be far less than indicated above.<br />
*[[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] flies wingman to [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] in the opening sequence of this episode, as the [[CAP]] scouts ''Pegasus''. Evidently she's been judged fit to resume flight status after negligently damaging a Viper due to overuse of [[Stims]] in "[[Final Cut]]".<br />
* As the episode ends,the bulk of ''[[Galactica]]'s'' Viper fleet consist of the Mark IIs, while ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' had the Mark VIIs. A classic picture of "old vs. new".<br />
**While ''Pegasus'' seems to have entirely Viper Mk. VIIs, they would presumably have had to removed most of the automated systems from them (to prevent Cylon virus infiltration). Doing this makes them more difficult to fly (''Galactica's'' few Mk. VII's are only used by the most capable pilots now). ''Pegasus's'' pilots might have more advanced fighters but they aren't as reliable now as the tried-and-true Mk. IIs.<br />
* [[Helena Cain]] is the female version of [[Cain (TOS)|Cain]], who was portrayed by the late [[Lloyd Bridges]] in the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978)|Battlestar Galactica]]''. <br />
* This episode is inspired by the two part episode, "[[The Living Legend, Part I (TOS)|The Living Legend]]". <br />
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] also wrote another episode called [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Pegasus The Pegasus], in the seventh season of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.<br />
* During the premiere airing of this episode on the Sci-Fi Channel, when the episode came back from commercial at the start of Act 3 a "Viewer Discretion Is Advised" black and white message was inserted, warning of "mature subject matter" and content. The following final act of the episode shows drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmen bragging about raping the Humanoid Cylon known as Gina, then the scene where Lt.Thorne attempts to rape Caprica-Sharon and Tyrol and Agathon intervene and fight the marine guards appears.<br />
* ''Pegasus'' crew wear a white version of the Colonial patch on their uniforms instead of the gold version used by ''Galactica''.<br />
**Apollo and Starbuck do not switch to this version after their transfer to ''Pegasus'', in this or subsequent episodes.<br />
*Baltar makes an etiquette flub, referring to Admiral Cain as "Commander"; she promptly corrects him "Admiral!" and he apologizes. This might be a little in-joke that in the Original Series, Cain was a Commander, and did not outrank Adama.<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
<br />
*{{audio|Pegasus - I'm here to help you.mp3|''Speaking to Gina''}}<br />
:'''Baltar''': The food is yours. It's not a trick. I'm not going to take it away at the last second. You know, I...um...I'm just gonna talk right now. I don't expect you to say anything. Back on Caprica, before the attack—and sometimes I forget there was a world before the attack—I knew someone…a woman, unlike any other woman I'd ever known. She was unique. Beautiful, clever, intensely sensual. When she wasn't in my bed, she was in my thoughts. She was a Cylon. And she changed my life in a very real, very fundamental way in that I have quite literally never stopped thinking about her, because I love her. To this very day, I love her. And she looks exactly like you. My name is Gaius Baltar, and I'm here to help you.<br />
<br />
* {{audio|Pegasus - I'm getting my men.mp3|''Cain and Adama are discussing Helo and Tyrol's court-martial over wireless''}}<br />
:'''Adama''': You told me they'd get a fair trial. What kind of a trial could they have possibly had?<br />
:'''Cain''': I assure you I heard them out. I weighed their statements against those of the guards and I took into consideration their service records and commendations. It was a difficult decision, Commander, but I dare say it was a fair one.<br />
:'''Adama''': They have the right to have their case heard by a jury.<br />
:'''Cain''': I am a flag officer on detached service during a time of war. Regulations give me broad authority in this matter.<br />
:'''Adama''' (to Tigh): Launch the fighters. (to Cain): You can quote me whatever regulation you'd like. I'm not going to let you execute my men.<br />
:'''Cain''': I highly suggest you reconsider that statement, Commander.<br />
:'''Fisk''': Admiral, ''Galactica'' is launching Vipers and a Raptor.<br />
:'''Cain''': Commander, why are you launching Vipers?<br />
:'''Adama''': Please arrange for Chief Tyrol and Lieutenant Agathon to be handed over to my marines as soon as they arrive. <br />
:'''Cain''': I don't take orders from you!<br />
:'''Adama''': Call it whatever you like. I'm getting my men.<br />
:'''Cain''': You are making such a mistake.<br />
:'''Adama''': I'm getting my men.<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
*In an [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/outside_docs/bg_outdoc0050.htm interview with BattlestarGalactica.com on December 28th, 2005] RDM was asked about controversy surrounding this episode:<br />
<br />
:"Q: Walt Kelly's Pogo used the phrase "the enemy is us" as part of a 1970's anti-litter campaign, and recently David Eick has cited it as a theme in the longer Pegasus arc of the second season. Some of the show's vocal critics charge that this notion promotes a "Blame America" attitude or is a sort of stealth anti-Americanism. What is this concept supposed to convey as we head into the bottom half of the second season? <br />
<br />
:RDM: The reference is to the fact that human beings are often their own worst enemy. In the context of the show, it means that the real challenges to who and what these people are often comes not from bullets, but from within. I continue to be amazed at how easily one gets tagged with the moniker of "anti-American" these days by those on the right. It's almost... well, anti-American."<br />
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* From [http://www.thescifiworld.net/interviews/aaron_douglas_01.htm TheSciFiWorld.net's inverview] with [[Aaron Douglas]]:<br />
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: '''Gilles Nuytens:''' I read some critics about the "rape" scene shown in the last episode aired, as you played in this scene, what's your opinion on it?<br />
: '''Aaron Douglas:''' BSG is a reflection of real life and these types of events go on everyday. Many people were upset by it but to me they need to realize that this is the world we live in. Does that mean they have or want to watch? Absolutely not but do not discount it as sensationalism. What we shot was so much more graphic than what was aired and I understand why they did not use it. In what aired the rape had not totally begun. It was suggestive. I thought it was a good scene and on point with the story and not added to draw in viewers. That suggestion is absurd. I know Ron Moore very well and he is not the kind of person or writer to add scenes purely for sensationalistic or ratings purposes. They have to be on point, truthfully reflect the situation and today's world and be relevant to the story or they are not there. It also amazes me that people have no problem with beatings, shootings, bombings, stabbings etc. but show a breast, a bottom, or a grope and they fly off the wall to condemn it.<br />
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: This happens in all areas of film, television and theatre and it is ridiculous.<br />
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* From [http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com/article.php?Article=2674 Hollywood North Report: Battlestar Galactica Set Visit, Part II], article on filming the [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|series finale]] and an interview with [[Mary McDonnell]]:<br />
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: '''Robert Falconer:''' Speaking of bleak, you had some pretty strong feelings about how people reacted to that rape scene at the end of Pegasus, and the overall problem of how violence against women tends to be portrayed on television.<br />
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: '''[[Mary McDonnell]]''': I have strong feelings about this as a woman; it’s a huge button for me, the issue of violence against women on television and how much of this stuff we’re going to pump out there before it becomes an accepted point of view that that’s what happens to women, and no-one takes responsibility and there’s no consequences.<br />
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:But there’s a big difference between crystallizing it inside a genre that doesn’t do it very often; making it part of one story one week, and the mainstream, non-sci-fi television where we become used to seeing women being raped and killed and mutilated—and other horrible things. ''That’s'' the sad thing.<br />
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:So for me, the fact that it was so upsetting to people when presented on ''Battlestar Galactica'' is a very good thing. It ''should'' be upsetting. It ''needs'' to be very, very upsetting. One ''should'' watch it and think, “I don’t want to see that!” We shouldn’t be using the fragility or vulnerability of the female body as a “technique” around which to build entertainment.<br />
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:I believe if ''Galactica'' were doing that sort of thing all the time, then the show would have a problem. But the way it was portrayed enables people to dialogue and talk about these sorts of things. Fires should be lit. And we should hear. Then you know if you’re in the ballpark of something that is really relevant, or if you’re being exploitive. And I have a lot of respect for the people who got upset as well as the people who wrote it.<br />
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* From [http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com/article.php?Article=2363 Hollywood North Report: Battlestar Galactica Set Visit, Part I], which includes an interview with [[Edward James Olmos]]:<br />
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: '''Robert Falconer''': By the end of “Pegasus,” Adama makes a decision with potentially sweeping consequences, but one that logically follows from everything that has happened to him up to that point. Is this a decision he will be able to live with as a military leader?<br />
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: '''Edward James Olmos''': I think Adama’s decision to attack the ''Pegasus'' could be interpreted as strictly military in nature. You don’t leave anybody behind, and protecting your men is a fundamental tenet of any military leader. In fact, you could argue that he has no consideration for anyone OTHER than his military guys aboard the Pegasus—he’s not thinking about the fleet at that moment, he’s not even thinking about the future of either of those two battlestars, because they’re going to blast each other to bits, since he’s not going to give into Cain’s craziness.<br />
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: '''Robert''': The rape scene toward the end of “Pegasus” has stirred up a lot of controversy in certain quarters. Ironically, there seems to be something of a disconnect here; people seem more willing to accept this in contemporary mainstream drama than they do in television science fiction, almost as if they’ve become conditioned to science fiction presenting a sanitized view of the future. Any thoughts on that?<br />
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: '''Edward James Olmos''': Well for those who were particularly upset by the scene to which you refer, I pray to god they don’t watch because it’s only going to get worse. They should be warned right now: please turn off your television sets and do not watch this show because it’s only going to provide more insight into the complexities of what happens to human beings. I would say that the minority of people who were freaked out by the rape scene are likely to be jarred into unconsciousness. So I say to them: do not watch this program, it could be hazardous to your health.<br />
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: For everyone else, hang on, ‘cause it’s gonna be a helluva ride…<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Graham Beckel]] as Colonel [[Jack Fisk]]<br />
*[[John Pyper-Ferguson]] as Captain [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]]<br />
*[[Sebastian Spence]] as [[Narcho]] <br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Fulvio Cecere]] as Lt. [[Alastair Thorne]]<br />
*[[Mike Dopud]] as Specialist [[Gage]]<br />
*[[Derek Delost]] as Specialist [[Vireem]]<br />
*[[Vincent Gale]] as Chief [[Peter Laird]]<br />
*[[Michael Jonsson]] Pegasus Guard #1<br />
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| image = Blackbird_FotP.JPG<br />
| title=Flight of the Phoenix<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=9<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Bradley Thompson]]<br/>[[David Weddle]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Michael Nankin]]<br />
| production=209<br />
| rating= 1.9<br />
| US airdate=2005-09-16<br />
| UK airdate=2006-04-07<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 47853<br />
| oldpopulation= 47853<br />
| prev=[[Final Cut]]<br />
| next=[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]<br />
| podcast=Y<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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:''[[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] throws himself into the task of constructing a new [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] from scratch, despite the ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' crew's misgivings and apprehension. [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] must deal with the repercussions of his relationship with [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] on Caprica. A Cylon computer [[virus]] long thought deleted reasserts itself in ''Galactica's'' computers, putting the ship and the crew in danger.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
* [[Laura Roslin]]'s illness has reached a critical level. While she is still well enough to walk, Dr. [[Cottle]] gives her approximately one month to live.<br />
* [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] has become ''persona non grata'' to many of the crew who distrust him due to his romance with the Caprica copy of [[Humanoid Cylon]] [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]. [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and Chief Tyrol have a fight over [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]'s love.<br />
* Many of the crew, even the generally level-headed and reliable Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]], are showing the strain of the apparent futility and fatigue of running from the Cylons.<br />
* Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]], with also little else to do with scrapped Vipers, begins a project to craft a new fighter. Initially, many crew are very skeptical, but they and others help Tyrol.<br />
* Helo suggests carbon composite material for the skin in lieu of the scarce metal plating normally used for Vipers. As a result Tyrol's new ship has stealth capabilities; it is nearly invisible to [[DRADIS]].<br />
* [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Lee Adama]] nearly suffocate when the life-support systems on the [[firing range]] malfunction.<br />
* A Cylon [[Logic bomb|logic bomb]] has studied all ship's systems. It will fully control ''[[Galactica]]'' once an expected Cylon force arrives to activate it by infiltration. Gaeta and Baltar work together to figure a way to rid the ship of it by erasing the hard drives of all computers. Doing this, however, will leave the ship a sitting duck for an attack while time is needed to restore function and data to the computers.<br />
* Adama, after asking the advice of the President, allows the Caprica Valerii to connect herself to the ship's mainframe and communication systems while Gaeta and Baltar erase the hard drives of all computers.<br />
* A Cylon fighter armada consisting of hundreds of [[Raider]]s and [[Heavy Raider]]s attempts to activate the bomb. However, Valerii responds by transmitting a version of the same bomb to the Cylon fleet, disabling it as the Cylons did the Colonial fleet during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. The Viper squadrons annihilate the helpless Cylon fleet in a [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|joyous moment of payback]].<br />
* Kara Thrace takes the new fighter, dubbed the [[Blackbird]], for a initially ungainly test flight. This fighter is designed for speed, and soon delivers it. Lee Adama, in a Viper chase plane, is horrified when the Blackbird disappears, but Starbuck rises above to face his ship quietly, proving the new fighter's stealth ability.<br />
* In a ceremony similar to the one given to Commander Adama in the [[Miniseries]], President Roslin inspects and christens the new fighter. Many sign the ship. Tyrol reveals the name of this first fighter: ''Laura''.<br />
* The mere work on the new fighter renewed the creativity and hope of the crew--a reason why Adama allowed its construction to continue, despite the logic bomb crisis.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
* This episode was rare in that Baltar's [[Number Six]] was completely absent in this episode, despite the Cylon-rich plot. What would she have said about Valerii's aid or the logic bomb?<br />
*Is [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] attracted to Apollo (or vice versa)? Dualla seemed to "check out" Apollo's "backside" in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]", and now she's in close physical contact with him ([[The Captain's Hand|Answer]]).<br />
*Helo gets angry at Chief Tyrol for calling Boomer a [[toaster]]; is this a sign that Helo is thinking more sympathetically towards the Cylons than before? Like the Cylons, does he consider it an "offensive racial epithet"?<br />
* Where did Helo get the idea to use carbon-composite on the Blackbird? Is that something he thought up himself, or perhaps did Caprica-Valerii 'point' him in that direction?<br />
*Is order on ''Galactica'' starting to break down? In the [[Miniseries]], Starbuck was put in the [[brig]] for striking a superior officer. Now, Starbuck assaults Racetrack but there was no visible punishment, and Tyrol gets into a fight with Helo (who outranks him), also with no apparent punishment. The deck crews aren't bothering to hide the [[Wikipedia:Moonshine|still]] they built as much as before, going to far as to have a large "Welcome Back Cally" party with its products in public. Col. Tigh makes a halfhearted verbal chastisement of Tyrol when Tigh finds the still, but doesn't do anything about it and ends up taking a jar of booze for his own use. Also, even Lt. Gaeta is now snapping back at the command officers, shouting and even [[frak|cursing]].<br />
*Was the software code Helo showed to Caprica-Valerii only a virus or did it contain instructions outside the scope of destabilizing and controlling ''Galactica's'' systems? Valerii's response to the code seemed to indicate it had affected her on some level. Perhaps she was merely compiling it in her head.<br />
*If the Cylons are so interested and cautious about protecting Caprica-Valerii and her unborn child as stated by [[Aaron Doral]] in "[[Final Cut]]", why then are they willing to launch a massive assault against ''Galactica?''<br />
*To what extent is Cylon knowledge & experiences shared? We know that [[Humanoid Cylon]]s can transfer their consciousness to other copies of themselves ([[Miniseries]]), but are other Cylon models (such as the drones) interconnected? Is there some 'collective consciousness' at work (similar to the 'Borg' in Star Trek)?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* While Humanoid Cylons appear human to the cellular level, Caprica-Valerii could control a fiber-optic connection inserted into her forearm. This suggests that the biological design of Humanoid Cylons uses light-sensitive cells disguised as regular cells in their forearms as data access nodes. Based on Valerii's extreme discomfort in having to cut herself to interface with the data line in this way, it could be presumed that this is not a typical practice for Humanoid Cylons.<br />
* Tyrol's comment to Lee Adama on the lack of miracles, and his answer to the problem, may remind some of another [[Wikipedia:Montgomery Scott|great miracle worker]] of television science fiction.<br />
* Despite Valerii's belief that she has become a "liability" to the Cylons, the previous episode made it clear that at least some Cylons considered the survival of her baby a paramount concern. The virus, installed before her arrival, was probably oblivious to this, but the massive fleet the Cylons deployed to interdict ''Galactica'' could not have been. Additionally, an earnest attack would almost certainly have included a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]. We must therefore assume that the Cylons had a more complicated motive in making such a massive material sacrifice.<br />
** It was likely (as shown later through the events of "[[Downloaded]]" to "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]") they there are indeed different Cylon [[Caprica-Six|factions]] working at cross purposes.<br />
* Our heroes passed up a major opportunity by destroying the Cylon fleet. Adama revoked Roslin's presidency on the basis of the misappropriation of a SINGLE captured Cylon Raider, yet they eliminated dozens of crippled-but-serviceable assets in the name of retribution. After all that work to create a single new fighter, wouldn't a squadron of superior Raiders be worth maintaining in the unused starboard flight pod?<br />
**A point against the idea of capturing a Raider involves the lucky manner in obtaining the first one. The Raider in "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]" was brain-dead from a lucky shot. The Raiders here were turned off by a virus, but it may have been too difficult to remove all of their control mechanisms. Since these are in fact organic mechanisms that could still be fighting to survive, they may have their own ability of causing additional harm if captured alive.<br />
**''Galactica'' had no idea how long until Cylon reinforcements could appear. Further, the civilian fleet had jumped away from ''Galactica'' in anticipation of the attack, and ''Galactica'' probably didn't want to leave them unattended too long. There wasn't enough time and it was too dangerous.<br />
**At this point, ''Galactica'' has as many as two Heavy Raiders already—the one that crash-landed into the starboard pod in "[[Scattered]]" and the one Starbuck, Helo, and Sharon returned with in "[[Home, Part II]]." The use of the [[FTL]] drive from one of these ships is mentioned by Lt. Gaeta as part of the planning of the [[Caprica Resistance]] [[SAR]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]." Another factor would be the potentially still active Cylon Centurions, probably not affected by the virus transmitted by Sharon.<br />
*As noted below, Helo is now assigned as a Viper pilot. While Helo's specialty to date as as an [[ECO]], it is very likely that ''any'' Colonial officer who wears a [[flight suit]] is also a qualified (if not highly experienced) [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] ''and'' [[Raptor]] pilot. This appears confirmed through the actions of many characters. Commander Adama is seen himself flying a Raptor in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]." [[Racetrack]] is seen on [[ECO]] duty in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" but later is Raptor pilot in several episodes.<br />
*It was Helo that suggested the use of carbon composites for the Blackbird, and Starbuck says "Good call, Helo" after it is finished. Despite everything, Helo's opinions are still respected, perhaps symbolic of his redemption in the eyes of his crewmates.<br />
*Some viewers may express confusion over the amount of time necessary to build the new fighter as well as the time it took to fight off the logic bomb and the Cylon attack. All in all, the whole episode may seem like a series of ''[[Wikipedia:Deus ex machina |deus ex machina]]'' events to close up the episode. For more analysis on these events, see this [[Science in the Re-imagined_Series#Construction of the Blackbird |section]] of the article [[Science in the Re-imagined Series]].<br />
**In his podcast for this episode, [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron D. Moore]] acknowledges the build-time dilemma for the Blackbird, and notes that the vagueness of time elapsed to build the machine was intentional so as to allow it to be built and done with in one episode, instead of drawing out the building into two or three episodes.<br />
*Not counting deleted scenes, Sharon is the only Humanoid Cylon to appear in this episode. <br />
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== Notes == <br />
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* Population count is 47,853. This is the first time this season that there has been no net change in the count from the previous episode ([[Final Cut]]).<br />
* ''[[Wikipedia:Flight of the Phoenix|Flight of the Phoenix]]'' is the title of a 1964 novel where survivors from a plane crash in the middle of a desert attempt to rebuild the plane from the wreckage. Two movies, one made in 1965 and the other in 2004, were also made following a similar story line inspired by the book. <br />
* The [[Wikipedia:Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] is an animal from Egyptian mythology (and those derived) that, at the end of its lifespan, burns into ashes from which another arises.<br />
* The [[Blackbird]], a new stealth fighter craft, has been constructed by Chief Tyrol with help from the crew.<br />
* There is a wide shot when apparently ''all'' of ''Galactica's'' Vipers are deployed where it's possible to count how many they have: there are 42 Vipers visible onscreen. Oddly, the current count says that there should be no more than 34, and even with [[Joe Palladino]] (unrealistically) on parole after [[Final Cut]] and Helo in a Viper, ''Galactica'' shouldn't be able to muster more than 25 pilots.<br />
** There are at least 7 Viper Mk. VII's visible in this shot. This agrees well with the events of "[[Scattered]]."<br />
* This is the first episode without an appearance by [[Number Six]]. <br />
** She appears in a brief scene in CIC which was ultimately deleted; it is available on the Season 2.0 DVD set and on Scifi.com. <br />
* When Chief Tyrol reconciles with Cally (regarding her killing of Boomer), she reaches into a Viper and fixes something he couldn't reach, and he responds "Nice to be small, huh?" This is reminiscent of the scene at the end of the [[Miniseries]], when they have almost the exact same exchange. In that scene, they were reconciling after ''Cally'' got angry that Tyrol was having a relationship with "Boomer" Valerii.<br />
* President Roslin returns the book "[[Dark Day]]" to Commander Adama, which he gave to her back in the second episode, "[[Water]]."<br />
* Chief Tyrol and Boomer were planning to leave the military together and get married before the Cylon attack.<br />
*This is the first episode of the Re-imagined Series that does not involve any characters appearing on a planet. Further, "Flight of the Phoenix" is the first episode whose story is contained entirely on ''Galactica'' (or its Vipers) and doesn't even visit another ship in the civilian Fleet, such as ''[[Colonial One]]''.<br />
*In one shot after Apollo states "weapons free" there is a shot of a heavy raider getting hit, then the blackbird flies by, does a 180 degree turn and stays there, before an explosion covers it up and the scene changes.(time index 35:18-25:21)<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*''On the flight deck:''<br />
:'''Apollo:''' Nobody's expecting a miracle.<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' Maybe that's the problem.<br />
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*''Discussing Helo's return to ''Galactica'':''<br />
:'''Duck:''' So he's the Cylon lover.<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' You know what? I don't care who or what he fraks. He saved my ass down there, all right?<br />
:'''Duck:''' How could anyone fall in love with a toaster, though?<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' Same way I hear everyone was high-fiving our Sharon right before she put two in Adama's chest. The bastards frak with your head.<br />
:'''Hotdog:''' Yeah. Just ask the Chief.<br />
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*''Card game in the Viper pilot's locker room:''<br />
:'''Racetrack:''' Been playing with these cards for so long, I know every fold. <br />
:'''Starbuck:''' So life's a bitch. What do you want to do, cry about it?<br />
:'''Racetrack:''' No, I just want it to end, okay? The bad food, the endless rotations, pretending that a card game is the high point of our day.<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' It's not going to last forever, all right? Earth is out there.<br />
:'''Racetrack:''' Right. We could all be chasing our tails over some half-assed planetarium show.<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' And you guys can all go to hell. I'm going to go find Helo.<br />
:'''Racetrack:''' Good idea. Maybe that Cylon whore taught him a few tricks.<br />
:(Starbuck politely turns around, walks over to Racetrack and grabs her by the neck and slams her head into the card table).<br />
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*''Helo is sitting in Sharon's old Raptor when the Chief walks up:''<br />
:'''Helo:''' Hey! Look, Chief. I never intended for Sharon and I to-- You know, it just kind of evolved.<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' Just a couple lovesick kids, huh?<br />
:'''Helo:''' I know how she felt about you, okay? She loves you.<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' Did she fill you in on the rest of the plan? She and I were going to muster out at the end of our service. You know, then we would get married. Maybe we would have children. I guess I'm just a big frakkin' idiot, though, huh? Probably that goddamn [[toaster]]'s plan all along.<br />
:'''Helo:''' Don't call her that.<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' Sucker some moron into giving her a kid. Hey, you know, but you know what? I should probably be grateful to you. Probably be grateful. You know why? Because that freak in her belly could have been mine! (Helo and Tyrol fight) <br />
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*''Lt. Gaeta is starting to lose his composure under constant pressure:''<br />
:'''Gaeta:''' Sir, I'm running every diagnostic we've got. Checking each line of code could take days.<br />
:'''Tigh:''' I am not interested in excuses. Fix it!<br />
:'''Gaeta:''' (shouting) It's not an excuse, sir. It's a frakking fact!<br />
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*''Speaking to Tigh:''<br />
:'''Commander Adama:''' Months on the run, and what do we have to show for it? Casualties. Deteriorating conditions. This crew needs a rest. It's finally hitting them, that's all. Our old lives are gone. The only thing we have to look forward to is this.<br />
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*''Tigh walks into the tool closet on the hanger deck''<br />
:'''Tigh:''' What's this, Chief?<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' I'm making solvent, sir, to clean machine parts.<br />
:'''Tigh:''' Solvent my ass. I know a still when I smell it. <br />
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*''Starbuck is taking the [[Blackbird]] on its first test flight while Apollo follows:''<br />
:'''Apollo:''' Starbuck, Starbuck, where are you? Starbuck, come in. Starbuck, do you read? Kara, are you okay?<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' (Starbuck turns the lights of the Blackbird on; she's actually got her ship feet away from Apollo's, facing it) Of course you lost contact. It's a damned stealth ship, remember?<br />
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*''At the unveiling of '''[[Laura]]''':''<br />
:'''Roslin:''' Oh, you're much too modest. After what we've been through, it would be very easy to give up, to lose hope. But not here. Not today. This is more than a ship, Chief. This is an act of faith. It is proof that despite all we've lost, we keep trying. And we will get through this, all of us, together. I promise.<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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*In an [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/outside_docs/bg_outdoc0050.htm interview with BattlestarGalactica.com on December 28th, 2005] RDM was asked about the continuity problems noticed with the number of Vipers deployed in this episode:<br />
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: "Q: In the battle scene with the Cylons in "Flight of the Phoenix", some think they see more Vipers than pilots, there is the presence of many Mark 7 Vipers, and the Blackbird is in flight before its maiden voyage. Was this effects shot the victim of a script change or something in the editing room? Was the episode originally intended to appear after the Pegasus encounter? <br />
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: RDM: To be honest, I don't recall the exact number of Vipers in the shot or where we were in the continuity at that point. I do recall the topic coming up in various VFX and production meetings, and I think there was at least an initial rationale for the number on screen -- but it's entirely possible that we cheated a bit in Post in order to make the shot a little sexier. Sorry. It happens."<br />
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* In issue #348 of ''Starlog'' magazine, p. 32, Nicki Clyne (Cally) said:<br />
<br />
:"It was an honor that the writers let Cally shoot Sharon; that was a big moment in the show...but then Cally is locked away in a jail cell, and that was pretty boring. When she gets out, everyone gives Cally an anti-climactic little party and she goes back to work. That's one of the funny patterns about my character: She has all of these crazy, intense, traumatic experiences, and then in the next episode, you'll see her back on the ship, turning a screw. There's a lot going on, obviously, that you ''don't'' see, and as actors, we do our best to fill in those blanks. But yes, essentially, after whatever horrible things happen to Cally, in the end, she just goes back to work!"<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendant "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Jennifer Halley]] as [[Diana Seelix]]<br />
*[[Christian Tessier]] as [[Tucker Clellan|Tucker "Duck" Clellan]]<br />
*[[Dominic Zamprogna]] as Specialist [[James Lyman|James "Jammer" Lyman]]<br />
*[[Don Thompson]] as [[Anthony Figurski]]<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by Bradley Thompson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by David Weddle]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Nankin]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Final_Cut&diff=112759Final Cut2007-03-13T00:03:49Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Guest stars */ Whose idea was it to have a nickname as an actor's proper name? Whatever... nickname removed from visible credits...</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image = s2finalcut.jpg<br />
| title=Final Cut<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=8<br />
| guests=[[Lucy Lawless]] as [[D'anna Biers]]<br />
| writer=[[Mark Verheiden]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Robert Young]]<br />
| production=208<br />
| rating= 2.0<br />
| US airdate=2005-09-09 <br />
| UK airdate=2006-02-28<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 47853<br />
| oldpopulation= 47855<br />
| prev=[[Home, Part II]]<br />
| next=[[Flight of the Phoenix]]<br />
| podcast=Y<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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:''In an effort to stem [[The Fleet|the Fleet]]'s growing resentment toward the military, [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] and [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] allow an outspoken anti-military journalist complete access to the [[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]] and its crew.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
*Reporter [[D'anna Biers]] is preparing a special report on what she's hyped as the "[[Gideon massacre]]", when she is escorted by [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]] to ''[[Colonial One]]''.<br />
*President [[Laura Roslin]] and Commander [[William Adama]] meet her, and she complains that all of her requests to interview Marines involved with the Gideon incident have been denied. Roslin and Adama tell her that all that is about to change: they want to mend the relationship between the military and the civilian fleet by allowing Biers to shoot a documentary on life on ''Galactica'', with unrestricted access. <br />
*Biers and her cameraman [[Bell]] are flown to ''Galactica'' with Adama in [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]'s Raptor. On ''Galactica'', Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]] is given the task of showing them around, pointing out fairly everyday things like carbon dioxide scrubbers for atmosphere and vegetable refrigeration units--information that Biers writes off as trivial.<br />
*Biers starts filming one-on-one interviews with several crewmen. She asks Dualla why she joined the Fleet, and she says her father didn't approve but she wanted to believe in something. <br />
*Biers and her cameraman are walking through the halls when [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]] and [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] chase each other out of the showers wearing towels. Biers follows them into the senior pilots' locker room, where [[Lee Adama|Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama]], (who nearly drops his towel accidentally) tells her to respect their privacy and get out. Kat moons the documentary camera, and gets yelled at by her [[CAG]].<br />
[[Image:Dressing_Room.jpg|thumb|left|Camera crew filming certain awkwardness in the locker room]]<br />
*[[Ellen Tigh]] calls Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] down to their quarters, where someone has left a threat for Saul by writing a line of Caprican poetry in red paint on their mirror.<br />
*Biers then interviews Lee, and she accuses him of thinking the pilots deserve preferential treatment. He tells her that he does think they deserve such treatment; despite suffering as much loss as everyone else they risk their lives every day for the fleet, and while they don't need pity, they do deserve respect.<br />
*Biers interviews Private [[Scott Kelso]], one of the Marines involved in the ''[[Gideon]]'' shootings. He insists that he and the other Marines were just doing their jobs, and that the "unarmed civilians" were attacking them, and that he has a scar on this head that required ten stitches to prove it. At the same time, Kelso thinks the whole thing was a "command [[frak]]-up"; that the Marines weren't trained for crowd control, and he isn't surprised that someone wants to kill Colonel Tigh.<br />
*Biers then interviews a disheveled Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]], who is smoking a cigarette while displaying a level of frustration and fatigue that he doesn't normally show.<br />
*On the [[Hangar Deck]], Kat yells at [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] when her [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] malfunctions, although it wasn't the Chief's fault. [[Kara Thrace|Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] breaks it up (as Biers follows her) and Kat storms out.<br />
*Biers is then allowed into the [[CIC]], where Commander Adama orders Colonel Tigh to attend a meeting of civilian leaders on ''[[Cloud Nine]]'', which Adama thinks will be a good chance for them to vent their frustration instead of seething at Tigh in private. However, as his [[Raptor]] is about to depart, it malfunctions and smokes until a damage control team can put it out. Tigh gets out and Tyrol tells him it looks like someone sabotaged the Raptor with a hammer, and if they had gotten into space the atmosphere inside would have vented, killing him.<br />
*[[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] lights a candle for her lost loved ones in the memorial hallway, and is then interviewed by Biers. She tells Biers that she assumes that she's already as good as dead going out on missions, and she just hopes she can kill as many Cylons as possible before her day comes.<br />
*D'anna also interviews [[Karl Agathon|Lt. Karl "Helo" Agathon]], who says that in combat you're supposed to turn off the human part of you because it will get you killed, but that nothing is that easy to do.<br />
*Helo then visits [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Valerii]] in the [[brig]], where she in unresponsive in her bed until pulling a blood-stained hand from under her sheets and sobbing. Helo calls for [[Cottle|Doctor Cottle]] to come right away.<br />
*[[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] gives an interview to Biers which is emotionally unrestrained. She then freaks out while attempting to land her Viper, and despite [[Aaron Kelly|Captain Kelly]] and Thrace trying to talk her down, she misses three passes, then on the final try crashes her Viper into the [[landing bay]]. Biers follows Thrace and Lee to the flight deck. Getting out of her Viper, Kat is incomprehensible and disoriented. Thrace finds [[Stims]] on Kat's person: Kat had been taking them by the fistful to stay alert, and now she has overdosed. Kat is forcibly strapped down to a gurney while kicking and screaming and taken to [[Sickbay]]. <br />
*Biers follows Kat to Sickbay, where she accidentally goes behind a curtain and sees Doctor Cottle arguing with the terrified Sharon Valerii; Cottle is trying to save her baby before Valerii has a miscarriage. Biers is then shoved away, but not before catching Valerii on film. <br />
*Later, Commander Adama arrives in sickbay and demands that Biers hand over the tape. Biers notes that the woman she saw looked exactly like the deceased [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]], and that news that ''Galactica'' is harboring a Cylon could turn the Fleet against him. Adama counters that, after the ''Gideon'' incident, this new revelation could devastate morale in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], and whether that even matters to Biers. Reluctantly, Biers gives him the tape and he leaves. When Adama is out of sight, D'anna pulls the ''real'' tape out of her shirt. <br />
*Baltar begins a less than great interview with Biers but is interrupted when an [[Action Stations|action stations alarm]] goes off: two Raiders are on a collision course with ''Galactica''. Biers heads to the CIC to film there while her cameraman covers the flight deck. We only see the fight from the perspective of those on the ship listening over the radio; the Raiders are destroyed.<br />
*Saul Tigh returns to his quarters to find Ellen tied up. It turns out that his would-be murder is [[Joe Palladino]], who is distraught that Tigh's orders resulted in innocent people being killed by men under Palladino's command. He pulls a gun on Tigh, but Tigh presses the gun to his forehead and talks Palladino down. As Biers reviews the tape, she sees Palladino reading a book by [[Kataris]] (which she recognises as containing the poetry line used to threaten Tigh), and alerts the crew. The marines rush to Tigh's quarters, where they see Palladino and take him away.<br />
*Back on ''Colonial One'', Roslin, Adama, and Tigh review Biers' finished documentary. Adama decides that he likes the accurate portrayal that she did, and lets them broadcast it across the entire fleet.<br />
[[Image:CylonsTheater FinalCut.JPG|thumb|right|The humanoid Cylons watching the documentary.]]<br />
*In the documentary, Biers does an ending voiceover where as the music swells in the background she explains that the story of ''Galactica'' is that they'll never give up. As people watch it on monitor screens throughout the Fleet.....<br />
*...the humanoid Cylons are watching the documentary as well in an abandoned movie theater on Cylon-occupied [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. A copy of [[Number Six]] is impressed at the resilience of the humans, and asks about the fate of Caprica-Valerii's baby. A second, Caprica-based copy of D'anna Biers then turns around (Biers is now revealed to have been a [[humanoid Cylon]] the whole time), and tells her that both Caprica-Valerii and her baby survived her near-miscarriage. [[Aaron Doral]] says that the baby must be protected at all costs, and they must proceed with caution.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
*Did Biers' discovery of pregnant Caprica-Valerii on ''Galactica'' alter her intended goal with the documentary?<br />
*Would the documentary have presented ''Galactica'' and her crew in a more negative light and thus perform a journalistic hatchet job on how the rest of the fleet perceived Adama and the military?<br />
*Would Adama and Roslin still have allowed the documentary to be broadcast if it had been 'negative?'<br />
*Now that the documentary has aired, with Biers' image visibly throughout the film, has Sharon Valerii seen the film? Or, has the film been banned for her viewing?<br />
*If she had viewed the documentary, would Valerii inform ''Galactica's'' command of Biers' true nature, or the identity of other agents in the Fleet, if they were known to her?<br />
*Why was Biers not included in any press pools that occurred prior to her finding the Gideon tape and therefore making the acquaintance of the President and Commander Adama? Was she a tabloid reporter and not granted Presidential press room status?<br />
*At the end of the episode, Biers says that the Cylons "lost two Raiders relaying the images back to ''the Fleet''" from ''Galactica''. She didn't say "from ''Galactica'' back to ''Caprica''". Does this imply that there is a main Cylon fleet following ''Galactica''? (That is, as opposed to many basestars spread out across a large region of space in a search pattern). (''[[Pegasus (episode)|Answer]]'').<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The Cylons deployed two [[Raider]]s to ''Galactica'' to transmit Biers's video documentary back to Caprica. Does this mean the Cylons know ''exactly'' where [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] is, and have simply chosen ''not'' to intercept it? Is keeping the Fleet alive part of their "Plan"?<br />
** Possibly, in the "de-briefing" towards the end of the episode, Caprica-Biers means the two Raiders transmitted the footage she cut from the documentary (showing Helo's Boomer in sickbay). It is likely they meant that they picked up the whole "show" from Fleet transmissions and the snippet from the two Raiders. <br />
**Or, are the Cylons ''now'' refraining from sending in a full [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] and Raider wing to attack ''Galactica'' because they are worried that a direct attack on ''Galactica'' will result in the death of Caprica-Valerii and her hybrid daughter? That is, they would have attacked it if this Valerii wasn't on board, but was sending two Raiders in now simply a reconnaissance mission? The Cylons did say that they want to proceed cautiously. <br />
**However, the two Raiders didn't jump in to the Fleet's vicinity, they flew in normally. Perhaps the Cylons actually ''don't'' know exactly where the Fleet is, and these Raiders may have been searching for days to find them. Seeing as the Cylons on Caprica weren't aware that the Caprica-Valerii was still alive, perhaps they also truly aren't aware of the Fleet's location, and other Cylons in the Fleet cannot transmit messages back to Caprica because they are out of range (though a nearby Cylon ship might be close enough). (''[[Pegasus (episode)|Answer]]'')<br />
**In light of all this, have the Cylons ''not'' been using their entire strength against the Colonials in combat? Have they, in effect, been "toying" with them? This could explain the relative lop-sidedness of the Colonials' military victories since the initial destruction of the Colonies. <br />
*While preparing to film the interview with Dr. Baltar, Biers pulls out what is presumably the contraband tape of Sharon and hurriedly does something with it. This is likely a subtle foreshadowing that may not be fully comprehended until Biers's true nature is revealed and the episode is watched again; Biers was likely remembering that she has to set up the transmission of the video to the Cylons in the upcoming attack.<br />
*Dualla states that Galactica's carbon dioxide scrubbers run "24 hours a day"; this would seem to establish that the Colonial Fleet operates on a 24-hour day. This could possibly be based on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]'s orbital rotation (where the seat of the [[government]] was located). Yet, all 12 Colonies couldn't possible all have the same axial rotation time. This 24 hour day might seem an automatic assumption, but other science fiction series sometimes depart from the convention: For example, on ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek:Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', the titular space station actually runs on a 26 hour day, because it follows Bajor's local time (which has a 26 hour rotation period).<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*The population count is now 47,853, a loss of two since "[[Home, Part II]]", to account for the two [[Tom Zarek]] henchmen killed in that episode.<br />
*On ''[[Colonial One]]'', Roslin is no longer surrounded by her [[Presidential Security Service]] agents, but rather by ''Galactica'' Marines - Adama's insurance against any more misbehavior, perhaps?<br />
**Perhaps they were only there to escort Commander Adama while he was off of ''Galactica''.<br />
*D'anna Biers makes the same comment about Baltar that Roslin made in ''[[33]]''.<br />
*We finally learn [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]'s first name as she is interviewed by [[D'anna Biers]]: ''Anastasia''.<br />
*Gaeta's first name is revealed as ''[[Felix Gaeta|Felix]]''. He also shows a wild side in the form of a tattoo on his chest, which he got when he was drunk, and he has taken up smoking. Perhaps this isn't so much a sign of a previously unrevealed wild side, but a sign that Gaeta's composure is starting to get frayed from constant stress. ''(This is confirmed in the following episode, "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]")''<br />
*The [[ECO]] known as Racetrack is given a full name: ''[[Margaret Edmondson]]''.<br />
*The music aired at the end of the documentary is the Colonial Fanfare last heard in the [[Miniseries]]: the theme from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original "Battlestar Galactica" TV series]]. In the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagined Battlestar Galactica]], it is the anthem of the Twelve Colonies.<br />
*Adama uses the phrase "warts and all." This phrase was coined by 17th-Century English dictator ("Lord Protector") [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell Oliver Cromwell].<br />
*Timeline-wise, Col. Tigh says there has been no Cylon contacts for 10 days. Col. Tigh was in command of ''Galactica'' for "over a week" (from "[[Scattered]]" to "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]").<br />
*Colonial video feeds are octagonal, but video screens are (oddly) rectangular.<br />
*Capt. [[Aaron Kelly|Kelly]] appears fulfilling his duties as [[Landing Signal Officer]] by coordinating Viper landings. This scene further explains the "where was Kelly between the Mini-Series and Season 2" question: Kelly doesn't work in the [[CIC]], but in the port [[Flight pod|flight pod]] itself.<br />
*Roslin and Adama have not only buried the hatchet by this episode, but are working jointly and appear to have developed a camaraderie.<br />
*This episode contains the first scene on ''Colonial One'' since "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".<br />
*Cultural/Linguistic oddity: Apollo refers to Kat and Hot Dog as "tweedledum and tweedledee", a reference to [[Wikipedia:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll]].<br />
*In Helo's interview with D'anna Biers, the caption reads "Karl C. Agathon, Lieutenant, CF". This is not just a clipped writing of "Lieutenant, Junior Grade": according to an [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3165&Itemid=0 interview] with [[Tahmoh Penikett]], when Helo returned to ''Galactica'' after being stranded on Caprica for months he was promoted to full Lieutenant. However he had been wearing full Lieutenant rank insignia from the beginning of the series.<br />
*The original airdate was to be September 2nd, 2005. However, SciFi Channel ran a Stargate SG-1 Viewers Choice Marathon for the [[Wikipedia:Labor Day|Labor Day]] Weekend.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''After meeting Dr. Gaius Baltar for the first time:''<br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' What a strange little man.<br />
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* ''D'anna Biers is filming an interview with Apollo:''<br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' You seem to think that your pilots deserve special consideration.<br />
*: '''Apollo:''' Actually, I do. Like everyone else, my pilots have lost their families, their friends, everyone they ever cared about; but on top of that they're asked to put their lives on the line every single day, for a fleet that seems more interested in what they do wrong than in what they do right. They're not asking for your pity, but they damn well deserve your respect.<br />
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* ''D'anna Biers is interviewing Racetrack:''<br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' Are you afraid when you go into combat?<br />
*: '''Racetrack:''' First thing they tell you is to assume you're already dead. <br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' Well that sounds ghoulish.<br />
*: '''Racetrack:''' Yeah, maybe. But dead men don't get scared and freeze up under fire. Me, I'm just worried that hell's gonna be a lonely place, and I'm gonna fill it up with every Toaster son of a bitch I find.<br />
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* ''D'anna Biers is interviewing Lt. Gaeta. Gaeta is slightly disheveled, and is smoking a cigarette:''<br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' Does that help you cope with the stress?<br />
*: '''Lt. Felix Gaeta:''' Not really. Look, um, all that I ever wanted was to be an officer on a Battlestar, okay? I trained my whole life, I trained harder than anyone in my unit. Basically, I put my life on hold until I was assigned to ''Galactica''. Then the Cylons hit and I realized that this is all that I know: tech manuals, commands, and tactics, you know? I'm not saying that I'm unhappy...I'm just wondering if there's something more. <br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' And what have you discovered?<br />
*: '''Lt. Felix Gaeta:''' ...(takes a long drag, coughs)...I hate cigarettes. Ambrosia's good with a chaser. And, if you have enough Ambrosia...(Gaeta pulls back his shirt to reveal an ugly tatoo of a tiger on his upper right chest)...it don't hurt that much.<br />
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* ''The closing voice-over narration to D'anna Biers' documentary on the Battlestar Galactica, which runs over a montage of images from the ship. The Colonial Anthem tinkles in the background and gradually builds to up to a grand swell:''<br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' I came to ''Galactica'' to tell a story. In all honesty I thought I knew what that story was before I ever set foot there: how an arrogant military let their egos get in the way of doing their jobs, safeguarding the lives of the civilian population. But I found out that the truth was more complex than that. These people aren't Cylons. They're not robots blindly following orders and polishing their boots. They're people. Deeply flawed, yes, but deeply human too, and maybe that's saying the same thing. What struck me most is that despite it all - the hardships, the stress, the ever present danger of being killed - despite all that, they never give up. They never lie down in the road and let the truck run them over. They wake up in the morning, put on their uniforms and do their jobs. Every day. No pay, no rest, no hope of ever laying down the burden or letting someone else do the job. There are no relief troops coming, no Colonial Fleet training new recruits every day. The people on ''Galactica'' are ''it''. They are the thin line of blue that separates us from the Cylons. Lt. Gaeta told me a remarkable statistic; not a single member of Galactica's crew has asked to resign, not one. Think about that. If you wore the uniform wouldn't you want to quit? To step aside and say "Enough! Let someone else protect the fleet?" I know I would. But then, I don't wear a uniform. Most of us don't, most of us never will. The story of ''Galactica'' isn't that people make bad decisions under pressure, it's that those mistakes are the exception. Most of the time the men and women serving under Commander Adama get it right. The proof is that our fleet ''survives''. And with ''Galactica'' at our side, we '''''will''''' endure. This is D'anna Biers, Fleet News Service.<br />
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* ''The camera pulls back to show a movie theater on Cylon-occupied [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], where the humanoid Cylons are watching a copy of the documentary, as D'anna Biers' ending narration finishes:''<br />
*: '''Aaron Doral:''' That was shown across their entire fleet.<br />
*: '''Number Six:''' Their resilience is remarkable.<br />
*: '''Sharon Valerii:''' Play the footage that was cut. (camera footage plays of Helo's Sharon in ''Galactica's'' Sickbay)<br />
*: '''Sharon Valerii:''' I'm still alive?! She's still alive! I told you.<br />
*: '''Number Six:''' That's incredible. And the baby?<br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' (speaking without her usual New Zealand accent, but with a general American accent) It was saved. We lost two Raiders relaying the images back to the Fleet, but I think the sacrifice was worth it.<br />
*: '''Aaron Doral:''' We must proceed with caution. The child's life must be protected at all costs.<br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' Yeah. Truly is a miracle from God.<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Aaron Doral]]<br />
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Patrick "Flick" Harrison|Patrick Harrison]] as [[Bell]]<br />
*[[Kevan Kase]] as PFC [[Scott Kelso]]<br />
*[[Yee Jee Tso]] as Staffer<br />
*[[Curtis Lee Hicks]] as Marine Sergeant<br />
*[[Aleks Paunovic]] as Sergeant [[Omar Fischer|Fischer]]<br />
*[[Ty Olsson]] as Captain [[Aaron Kelly]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Jeremy Guilbaut]] as Lt. [[Joe Palladino|Joe Palladino]]<br />
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{{episode list (RDM season 2)}}<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by Mark Verheiden]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Robert Young]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Final_Cut&diff=112757Final Cut2007-03-13T00:00:59Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Guest stars */ Resorting, adding Dualla, removing D'Anna (see special guest)</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image = s2finalcut.jpg<br />
| title=Final Cut<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=8<br />
| guests=[[Lucy Lawless]] as [[D'anna Biers]]<br />
| writer=[[Mark Verheiden]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Robert Young]]<br />
| production=208<br />
| rating= 2.0<br />
| US airdate=2005-09-09 <br />
| UK airdate=2006-02-28<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 47853<br />
| oldpopulation= 47855<br />
| prev=[[Home, Part II]]<br />
| next=[[Flight of the Phoenix]]<br />
| podcast=Y<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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:''In an effort to stem [[The Fleet|the Fleet]]'s growing resentment toward the military, [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] and [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] allow an outspoken anti-military journalist complete access to the [[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]] and its crew.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
*Reporter [[D'anna Biers]] is preparing a special report on what she's hyped as the "[[Gideon massacre]]", when she is escorted by [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]] to ''[[Colonial One]]''.<br />
*President [[Laura Roslin]] and Commander [[William Adama]] meet her, and she complains that all of her requests to interview Marines involved with the Gideon incident have been denied. Roslin and Adama tell her that all that is about to change: they want to mend the relationship between the military and the civilian fleet by allowing Biers to shoot a documentary on life on ''Galactica'', with unrestricted access. <br />
*Biers and her cameraman [[Bell]] are flown to ''Galactica'' with Adama in [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]'s Raptor. On ''Galactica'', Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]] is given the task of showing them around, pointing out fairly everyday things like carbon dioxide scrubbers for atmosphere and vegetable refrigeration units--information that Biers writes off as trivial.<br />
*Biers starts filming one-on-one interviews with several crewmen. She asks Dualla why she joined the Fleet, and she says her father didn't approve but she wanted to believe in something. <br />
*Biers and her cameraman are walking through the halls when [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]] and [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] chase each other out of the showers wearing towels. Biers follows them into the senior pilots' locker room, where [[Lee Adama|Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama]], (who nearly drops his towel accidentally) tells her to respect their privacy and get out. Kat moons the documentary camera, and gets yelled at by her [[CAG]].<br />
[[Image:Dressing_Room.jpg|thumb|left|Camera crew filming certain awkwardness in the locker room]]<br />
*[[Ellen Tigh]] calls Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] down to their quarters, where someone has left a threat for Saul by writing a line of Caprican poetry in red paint on their mirror.<br />
*Biers then interviews Lee, and she accuses him of thinking the pilots deserve preferential treatment. He tells her that he does think they deserve such treatment; despite suffering as much loss as everyone else they risk their lives every day for the fleet, and while they don't need pity, they do deserve respect.<br />
*Biers interviews Private [[Scott Kelso]], one of the Marines involved in the ''[[Gideon]]'' shootings. He insists that he and the other Marines were just doing their jobs, and that the "unarmed civilians" were attacking them, and that he has a scar on this head that required ten stitches to prove it. At the same time, Kelso thinks the whole thing was a "command [[frak]]-up"; that the Marines weren't trained for crowd control, and he isn't surprised that someone wants to kill Colonel Tigh.<br />
*Biers then interviews a disheveled Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]], who is smoking a cigarette while displaying a level of frustration and fatigue that he doesn't normally show.<br />
*On the [[Hangar Deck]], Kat yells at [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] when her [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] malfunctions, although it wasn't the Chief's fault. [[Kara Thrace|Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] breaks it up (as Biers follows her) and Kat storms out.<br />
*Biers is then allowed into the [[CIC]], where Commander Adama orders Colonel Tigh to attend a meeting of civilian leaders on ''[[Cloud Nine]]'', which Adama thinks will be a good chance for them to vent their frustration instead of seething at Tigh in private. However, as his [[Raptor]] is about to depart, it malfunctions and smokes until a damage control team can put it out. Tigh gets out and Tyrol tells him it looks like someone sabotaged the Raptor with a hammer, and if they had gotten into space the atmosphere inside would have vented, killing him.<br />
*[[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] lights a candle for her lost loved ones in the memorial hallway, and is then interviewed by Biers. She tells Biers that she assumes that she's already as good as dead going out on missions, and she just hopes she can kill as many Cylons as possible before her day comes.<br />
*D'anna also interviews [[Karl Agathon|Lt. Karl "Helo" Agathon]], who says that in combat you're supposed to turn off the human part of you because it will get you killed, but that nothing is that easy to do.<br />
*Helo then visits [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Valerii]] in the [[brig]], where she in unresponsive in her bed until pulling a blood-stained hand from under her sheets and sobbing. Helo calls for [[Cottle|Doctor Cottle]] to come right away.<br />
*[[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] gives an interview to Biers which is emotionally unrestrained. She then freaks out while attempting to land her Viper, and despite [[Aaron Kelly|Captain Kelly]] and Thrace trying to talk her down, she misses three passes, then on the final try crashes her Viper into the [[landing bay]]. Biers follows Thrace and Lee to the flight deck. Getting out of her Viper, Kat is incomprehensible and disoriented. Thrace finds [[Stims]] on Kat's person: Kat had been taking them by the fistful to stay alert, and now she has overdosed. Kat is forcibly strapped down to a gurney while kicking and screaming and taken to [[Sickbay]]. <br />
*Biers follows Kat to Sickbay, where she accidentally goes behind a curtain and sees Doctor Cottle arguing with the terrified Sharon Valerii; Cottle is trying to save her baby before Valerii has a miscarriage. Biers is then shoved away, but not before catching Valerii on film. <br />
*Later, Commander Adama arrives in sickbay and demands that Biers hand over the tape. Biers notes that the woman she saw looked exactly like the deceased [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]], and that news that ''Galactica'' is harboring a Cylon could turn the Fleet against him. Adama counters that, after the ''Gideon'' incident, this new revelation could devastate morale in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], and whether that even matters to Biers. Reluctantly, Biers gives him the tape and he leaves. When Adama is out of sight, D'anna pulls the ''real'' tape out of her shirt. <br />
*Baltar begins a less than great interview with Biers but is interrupted when an [[Action Stations|action stations alarm]] goes off: two Raiders are on a collision course with ''Galactica''. Biers heads to the CIC to film there while her cameraman covers the flight deck. We only see the fight from the perspective of those on the ship listening over the radio; the Raiders are destroyed.<br />
*Saul Tigh returns to his quarters to find Ellen tied up. It turns out that his would-be murder is [[Joe Palladino]], who is distraught that Tigh's orders resulted in innocent people being killed by men under Palladino's command. He pulls a gun on Tigh, but Tigh presses the gun to his forehead and talks Palladino down. As Biers reviews the tape, she sees Palladino reading a book by [[Kataris]] (which she recognises as containing the poetry line used to threaten Tigh), and alerts the crew. The marines rush to Tigh's quarters, where they see Palladino and take him away.<br />
*Back on ''Colonial One'', Roslin, Adama, and Tigh review Biers' finished documentary. Adama decides that he likes the accurate portrayal that she did, and lets them broadcast it across the entire fleet.<br />
[[Image:CylonsTheater FinalCut.JPG|thumb|right|The humanoid Cylons watching the documentary.]]<br />
*In the documentary, Biers does an ending voiceover where as the music swells in the background she explains that the story of ''Galactica'' is that they'll never give up. As people watch it on monitor screens throughout the Fleet.....<br />
*...the humanoid Cylons are watching the documentary as well in an abandoned movie theater on Cylon-occupied [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. A copy of [[Number Six]] is impressed at the resilience of the humans, and asks about the fate of Caprica-Valerii's baby. A second, Caprica-based copy of D'anna Biers then turns around (Biers is now revealed to have been a [[humanoid Cylon]] the whole time), and tells her that both Caprica-Valerii and her baby survived her near-miscarriage. [[Aaron Doral]] says that the baby must be protected at all costs, and they must proceed with caution.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
*Did Biers' discovery of pregnant Caprica-Valerii on ''Galactica'' alter her intended goal with the documentary?<br />
*Would the documentary have presented ''Galactica'' and her crew in a more negative light and thus perform a journalistic hatchet job on how the rest of the fleet perceived Adama and the military?<br />
*Would Adama and Roslin still have allowed the documentary to be broadcast if it had been 'negative?'<br />
*Now that the documentary has aired, with Biers' image visibly throughout the film, has Sharon Valerii seen the film? Or, has the film been banned for her viewing?<br />
*If she had viewed the documentary, would Valerii inform ''Galactica's'' command of Biers' true nature, or the identity of other agents in the Fleet, if they were known to her?<br />
*Why was Biers not included in any press pools that occurred prior to her finding the Gideon tape and therefore making the acquaintance of the President and Commander Adama? Was she a tabloid reporter and not granted Presidential press room status?<br />
*At the end of the episode, Biers says that the Cylons "lost two Raiders relaying the images back to ''the Fleet''" from ''Galactica''. She didn't say "from ''Galactica'' back to ''Caprica''". Does this imply that there is a main Cylon fleet following ''Galactica''? (That is, as opposed to many basestars spread out across a large region of space in a search pattern). (''[[Pegasus (episode)|Answer]]'').<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The Cylons deployed two [[Raider]]s to ''Galactica'' to transmit Biers's video documentary back to Caprica. Does this mean the Cylons know ''exactly'' where [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] is, and have simply chosen ''not'' to intercept it? Is keeping the Fleet alive part of their "Plan"?<br />
** Possibly, in the "de-briefing" towards the end of the episode, Caprica-Biers means the two Raiders transmitted the footage she cut from the documentary (showing Helo's Boomer in sickbay). It is likely they meant that they picked up the whole "show" from Fleet transmissions and the snippet from the two Raiders. <br />
**Or, are the Cylons ''now'' refraining from sending in a full [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] and Raider wing to attack ''Galactica'' because they are worried that a direct attack on ''Galactica'' will result in the death of Caprica-Valerii and her hybrid daughter? That is, they would have attacked it if this Valerii wasn't on board, but was sending two Raiders in now simply a reconnaissance mission? The Cylons did say that they want to proceed cautiously. <br />
**However, the two Raiders didn't jump in to the Fleet's vicinity, they flew in normally. Perhaps the Cylons actually ''don't'' know exactly where the Fleet is, and these Raiders may have been searching for days to find them. Seeing as the Cylons on Caprica weren't aware that the Caprica-Valerii was still alive, perhaps they also truly aren't aware of the Fleet's location, and other Cylons in the Fleet cannot transmit messages back to Caprica because they are out of range (though a nearby Cylon ship might be close enough). (''[[Pegasus (episode)|Answer]]'')<br />
**In light of all this, have the Cylons ''not'' been using their entire strength against the Colonials in combat? Have they, in effect, been "toying" with them? This could explain the relative lop-sidedness of the Colonials' military victories since the initial destruction of the Colonies. <br />
*While preparing to film the interview with Dr. Baltar, Biers pulls out what is presumably the contraband tape of Sharon and hurriedly does something with it. This is likely a subtle foreshadowing that may not be fully comprehended until Biers's true nature is revealed and the episode is watched again; Biers was likely remembering that she has to set up the transmission of the video to the Cylons in the upcoming attack.<br />
*Dualla states that Galactica's carbon dioxide scrubbers run "24 hours a day"; this would seem to establish that the Colonial Fleet operates on a 24-hour day. This could possibly be based on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]'s orbital rotation (where the seat of the [[government]] was located). Yet, all 12 Colonies couldn't possible all have the same axial rotation time. This 24 hour day might seem an automatic assumption, but other science fiction series sometimes depart from the convention: For example, on ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek:Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', the titular space station actually runs on a 26 hour day, because it follows Bajor's local time (which has a 26 hour rotation period).<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*The population count is now 47,853, a loss of two since "[[Home, Part II]]", to account for the two [[Tom Zarek]] henchmen killed in that episode.<br />
*On ''[[Colonial One]]'', Roslin is no longer surrounded by her [[Presidential Security Service]] agents, but rather by ''Galactica'' Marines - Adama's insurance against any more misbehavior, perhaps?<br />
**Perhaps they were only there to escort Commander Adama while he was off of ''Galactica''.<br />
*D'anna Biers makes the same comment about Baltar that Roslin made in ''[[33]]''.<br />
*We finally learn [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]'s first name as she is interviewed by [[D'anna Biers]]: ''Anastasia''.<br />
*Gaeta's first name is revealed as ''[[Felix Gaeta|Felix]]''. He also shows a wild side in the form of a tattoo on his chest, which he got when he was drunk, and he has taken up smoking. Perhaps this isn't so much a sign of a previously unrevealed wild side, but a sign that Gaeta's composure is starting to get frayed from constant stress. ''(This is confirmed in the following episode, "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]")''<br />
*The [[ECO]] known as Racetrack is given a full name: ''[[Margaret Edmondson]]''.<br />
*The music aired at the end of the documentary is the Colonial Fanfare last heard in the [[Miniseries]]: the theme from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original "Battlestar Galactica" TV series]]. In the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagined Battlestar Galactica]], it is the anthem of the Twelve Colonies.<br />
*Adama uses the phrase "warts and all." This phrase was coined by 17th-Century English dictator ("Lord Protector") [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell Oliver Cromwell].<br />
*Timeline-wise, Col. Tigh says there has been no Cylon contacts for 10 days. Col. Tigh was in command of ''Galactica'' for "over a week" (from "[[Scattered]]" to "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]").<br />
*Colonial video feeds are octagonal, but video screens are (oddly) rectangular.<br />
*Capt. [[Aaron Kelly|Kelly]] appears fulfilling his duties as [[Landing Signal Officer]] by coordinating Viper landings. This scene further explains the "where was Kelly between the Mini-Series and Season 2" question: Kelly doesn't work in the [[CIC]], but in the port [[Flight pod|flight pod]] itself.<br />
*Roslin and Adama have not only buried the hatchet by this episode, but are working jointly and appear to have developed a camaraderie.<br />
*This episode contains the first scene on ''Colonial One'' since "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".<br />
*Cultural/Linguistic oddity: Apollo refers to Kat and Hot Dog as "tweedledum and tweedledee", a reference to [[Wikipedia:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll]].<br />
*In Helo's interview with D'anna Biers, the caption reads "Karl C. Agathon, Lieutenant, CF". This is not just a clipped writing of "Lieutenant, Junior Grade": according to an [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3165&Itemid=0 interview] with [[Tahmoh Penikett]], when Helo returned to ''Galactica'' after being stranded on Caprica for months he was promoted to full Lieutenant. However he had been wearing full Lieutenant rank insignia from the beginning of the series.<br />
*The original airdate was to be September 2nd, 2005. However, SciFi Channel ran a Stargate SG-1 Viewers Choice Marathon for the [[Wikipedia:Labor Day|Labor Day]] Weekend.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''After meeting Dr. Gaius Baltar for the first time:''<br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' What a strange little man.<br />
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* ''D'anna Biers is filming an interview with Apollo:''<br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' You seem to think that your pilots deserve special consideration.<br />
*: '''Apollo:''' Actually, I do. Like everyone else, my pilots have lost their families, their friends, everyone they ever cared about; but on top of that they're asked to put their lives on the line every single day, for a fleet that seems more interested in what they do wrong than in what they do right. They're not asking for your pity, but they damn well deserve your respect.<br />
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* ''D'anna Biers is interviewing Racetrack:''<br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' Are you afraid when you go into combat?<br />
*: '''Racetrack:''' First thing they tell you is to assume you're already dead. <br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' Well that sounds ghoulish.<br />
*: '''Racetrack:''' Yeah, maybe. But dead men don't get scared and freeze up under fire. Me, I'm just worried that hell's gonna be a lonely place, and I'm gonna fill it up with every Toaster son of a bitch I find.<br />
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* ''D'anna Biers is interviewing Lt. Gaeta. Gaeta is slightly disheveled, and is smoking a cigarette:''<br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' Does that help you cope with the stress?<br />
*: '''Lt. Felix Gaeta:''' Not really. Look, um, all that I ever wanted was to be an officer on a Battlestar, okay? I trained my whole life, I trained harder than anyone in my unit. Basically, I put my life on hold until I was assigned to ''Galactica''. Then the Cylons hit and I realized that this is all that I know: tech manuals, commands, and tactics, you know? I'm not saying that I'm unhappy...I'm just wondering if there's something more. <br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' And what have you discovered?<br />
*: '''Lt. Felix Gaeta:''' ...(takes a long drag, coughs)...I hate cigarettes. Ambrosia's good with a chaser. And, if you have enough Ambrosia...(Gaeta pulls back his shirt to reveal an ugly tatoo of a tiger on his upper right chest)...it don't hurt that much.<br />
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* ''The closing voice-over narration to D'anna Biers' documentary on the Battlestar Galactica, which runs over a montage of images from the ship. The Colonial Anthem tinkles in the background and gradually builds to up to a grand swell:''<br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' I came to ''Galactica'' to tell a story. In all honesty I thought I knew what that story was before I ever set foot there: how an arrogant military let their egos get in the way of doing their jobs, safeguarding the lives of the civilian population. But I found out that the truth was more complex than that. These people aren't Cylons. They're not robots blindly following orders and polishing their boots. They're people. Deeply flawed, yes, but deeply human too, and maybe that's saying the same thing. What struck me most is that despite it all - the hardships, the stress, the ever present danger of being killed - despite all that, they never give up. They never lie down in the road and let the truck run them over. They wake up in the morning, put on their uniforms and do their jobs. Every day. No pay, no rest, no hope of ever laying down the burden or letting someone else do the job. There are no relief troops coming, no Colonial Fleet training new recruits every day. The people on ''Galactica'' are ''it''. They are the thin line of blue that separates us from the Cylons. Lt. Gaeta told me a remarkable statistic; not a single member of Galactica's crew has asked to resign, not one. Think about that. If you wore the uniform wouldn't you want to quit? To step aside and say "Enough! Let someone else protect the fleet?" I know I would. But then, I don't wear a uniform. Most of us don't, most of us never will. The story of ''Galactica'' isn't that people make bad decisions under pressure, it's that those mistakes are the exception. Most of the time the men and women serving under Commander Adama get it right. The proof is that our fleet ''survives''. And with ''Galactica'' at our side, we '''''will''''' endure. This is D'anna Biers, Fleet News Service.<br />
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* ''The camera pulls back to show a movie theater on Cylon-occupied [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], where the humanoid Cylons are watching a copy of the documentary, as D'anna Biers' ending narration finishes:''<br />
*: '''Aaron Doral:''' That was shown across their entire fleet.<br />
*: '''Number Six:''' Their resilience is remarkable.<br />
*: '''Sharon Valerii:''' Play the footage that was cut. (camera footage plays of Helo's Sharon in ''Galactica's'' Sickbay)<br />
*: '''Sharon Valerii:''' I'm still alive?! She's still alive! I told you.<br />
*: '''Number Six:''' That's incredible. And the baby?<br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' (speaking without her usual New Zealand accent, but with a general American accent) It was saved. We lost two Raiders relaying the images back to the Fleet, but I think the sacrifice was worth it.<br />
*: '''Aaron Doral:''' We must proceed with caution. The child's life must be protected at all costs.<br />
*: '''D'anna Biers:''' Yeah. Truly is a miracle from God.<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Aaron Doral]]<br />
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Patrick Harrison]] as [[Bell]]<br />
*[[Kevan Kase]] as PFC [[Scott Kelso]]<br />
*[[Yee Jee Tso]] as Staffer<br />
*[[Curtis Lee Hicks]] as Marine Sergeant<br />
*[[Aleks Paunovic]] as Sergeant [[Omar Fischer|Fischer]]<br />
*[[Ty Olsson]] as Captain [[Aaron Kelly]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Jeremy Guilbaut]] as Lt. [[Joe Palladino|Joe Palladino]]<br />
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| title=Home, Part II<br />
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| episode=7<br />
| guests=[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]] <br> [[James Remar]] as [[Meier]]<br />
| writer=[[Ronald D. Moore]] <br/> [[David Eick]]<br />
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| director=[[Jeff Woolnough]]<br />
| production=207<br />
| rating= 2.1<br />
| US airdate=2005-08-26<br />
| UK airdate=2006-02-21<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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:''Adama leads a mission to Kobol to find President Roslin and her team of tomb-hunters, reconcile with his son, and reunite the divided fleet.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
* [[Laura Roslin]]'s scouting team makes its way through rain and cold towards the [[Gates of Hera]] and the [[Tomb of Athena]]. With the death of [[Elosha]], Roslin now has to interpret what information they have of the [[Sacred Scrolls]] by herself or using the help of the second copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]].<br />
* Meanwhile, on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] and others on the command staff pore over their topography data of [[Kobol]] to determine Roslin's whereabouts. Adama plans a [[Raptor]] expedition to Kobol, travelling himself to "reach out" to Roslin there and work to mend fences.<br />
* [[Meier]] and [[Tom Zarek]] continue to seek an opportunity to eliminate [[Lee Adama]] to gain a political advantage with Roslin and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. Zarek warns Meier that any action against Captain Adama must not occur before the team finds the Tomb.<br />
* [[Gaius Baltar]] begins to strongly deny the existence of his virtual [[Number Six]]. Six turns the tables by reappearing in a more casually dressed manner and claiming that Baltar is, indeed, crazy. Six claims that Baltar doesn't really have a "chip" in his head implanted by the Cylons, and that she is actually part of his own subconscious "[[frak]]king with (his) mind." She challenges him to visit [[sickbay]] for a brain scan to convince him of her "revelation."<br />
* Adama brings along [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Billy Keikeya]] aboard [[Racetrack]]'s Raptor to accompany him on his expedition. Adama feels Billy's presence will help his mission with Roslin. He relates that Roslin feels that Keikeya will become president himself one day.<br />
* [[Helo]]'s Valerii is happy to be "back in the Fleet", although she herself was never physically there; she is sharing her memories of her dead [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|''Galactica'' counterpart]].<br />
* [[Kara Thrace]] relates information on the [[Caprica Resistance]] to Roslin, but Roslin states that her current thoughts are focused only on the location of the Tomb, cutting off Thrace's [[Scar|first attempt]] to fulfill her promise to [[Samuel Anders]].<br />
* Meier begins to solicit Sharon Valerii's help as a pawn to kill Lee Adama so as not to leave suspicion on himself or Zarek. He twists the story of the fate of her ''Galactica'' counterpart to upset her.<br />
* A brain scan performed by Dr. [[Cottle]] confirms for the agitated Baltar that there are no ''mechanical'' devices or abnormalities in his head. Cottle writes off Baltar as another hypochondriac.<br />
* Commander Adama's team finds Roslin's camp. The commander, his son and Thrace exchange warm hugs, and Commander Adama gives a sincere welcome to Roslin. Roslin is particularly happy to see Keikeya.<br />
* The mood of the reunion sours when Commander Adama sees the second Valerii. Upset, he attacks her and throws her to the ground, but stops his assault when the pressures of his recovery form anxiety that causes him chest pain. Valerii says, "And you ask 'why?'" (mysteriously answering Adama's question, "Why?" said over her ''Galactica'' counterpart's dead body).<br />
* Roslin and Commander Adama bury the hatchet in their first heart-to-heart conversation about themselves and the Fleet. When Roslin brings up the Caprican resistance and whether abandoning the Colonies was the best idea, Commander Adama cuts her off, stating that Roslin saved his life, and that of his son. If he did not take her advice, they would all be dead.<br />
* With Commander Adama in the group, Tom Zarek tells Meier to abandon their plans on Lee Adama, but Meier secretly continues the plan, giving Sharon Valerii one of his [[Stallion|civilian sidearms]] to shoot Lee Adama while he and another Zarek team member work to shoot Commander Adama.<br />
* Valerii relates her feelings to Helo on how the Fleet sees her and other Humanoid Cylons: as machines, not people, with no rights. Realizing what Meier is trying to do (but not relaying the story to Helo), she tells Helo to trust her in what must be done next.<br />
* The team finds the Tomb of Athena. Immediately, Valerii raises her gun towards Commander Adama as Meier raises his gun to Lee Adama's head. But Valerii is feinting: She shoots Meier instead while Lee Adama kills another Meier conspirator that raised his gun at him. Valerii states to Commander Adama that, unlike "[[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]", she is aware of who and what she is, and that she makes own decisions on her destiny. She surrenders her gun to Commander Adama as her first of [[Flight of the Phoenix|many]] overtures of good faith.<br />
* The [[Arrow of Apollo]] is not a key to the door of the Tomb; the expedition pushes the door open. Commander Adama leaves Zarek, Valerii, and Helo guarded by Tyrol outside while Roslin, the Adamas, Keikeya and Thrace enter the Tomb. Inside, they find [[Wikipedia:Sarchophagus|sarcophagi]], each bearing statues that represent the tribal symbols. One status, Sagittaron, is missing his arrow.<br />
* When the Arrow is placed on the Sagittaron statue, a hologram of sorts activates around the team, placing them on a grassy field surrounded by stone pillars with glowing representations of the ancient tribal symbols that would later form the symbols of the Colonies. They soon deduce that they are standing on a representation of [[Earth]] in a planetarium of sorts that shows the Zodiac: the constellations form a representation what the Thirteenth Tribe would see from the vantage of Earth's sky.<br />
* Lee Adama finds what they came for in the virtual sky above: The [[Wikipedia:Lagoon_Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]], a celestial point known to the Colonials as well, which now provides the Fleet both a destination and a direction to Earth, although Commmander Adama warns that the Nebula is very far away.<br />
* Back on ''Galactica'', Adama completes his reunification of the Fleet and fence-mending by leading a rousing ovation for the reinstated President Roslin at an assembly in the starboard [[Hangar Deck|hangar deck]], complete with cheers from the crowd.<br />
* Sharon Valerii is placed in the special brig designed for her counterpart. Helo visits her while Gaius Baltar watches with his virtual Number Six, who now returns in her usual form. She claims now that she is an "angel of [[God]]" with a mission to guide and protect Baltar "until the end of the human race."<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
* How did Adama and the others return from the map of Earth?<br />
**What exactly was the map of Earth? Were they in the same room in the Tomb of Athena, and a 3D hologram was projected around them? Could it have been "all in their heads?" If so, would it even be perceived by the Cylons if they tried to view it?<br />
*Just who or what is the copy of Number Six that Dr. Baltar sees all the time? Is she truly some form of supernatural force (like Count [[Iblis]] in the Original Series)? (See: [[Cylon-Related Hallucinations]].)<br />
*How was the virtual Six capable of moving the chair in the Cylon holding cell? The chair was seen in both positions in "objective" shots (i.e. shots not from Baltar's POV that didn't include Six.) Is this a simple continuity error or does it suggest that Six can selectively appear as a physical manifestation, as hinted at by the appearance of [[Shelly Godfrey]]? Or is it just a stylistic choice to show the scenes from Baltar's point of view and he is only imagining it?<br />
*Caprica-Valerii reminds Adama that he asked her ''Galactica'' counterpart's corpse "why?" in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]". How did she know, without also knowing that Boomer had been killed? Or, was Boomer answering Adama's question of "why" from his attack: that humans have always abused Cylons as he had just done? <br />
*What are Tom Zarek's true motivations? <br />
*Caprica-Valerii's claim that the Cylons know more about Colonial religion than the Colonials raises interesting questions. The Cylons had direct access to the Arrow of Apollo and had at least a token presence on Kobol. If all of them knew where the Tomb of Athena was as Valerii claims, why didn't they use this knowledge to locate Earth themselves?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
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* Zarek demonstrates an adaptability and patience repeatedly during both parts of "Home", seizing potential opportunities and recognizing when it is in his best interest to back off. For instance, we see in "[[Home, Part I]]" that he had a desire to become the next "Fleet Commander", like [[William Adama]], and is willing to go along and eliminate anyone in his way, namely [[Lee Adama]]. Yet, during the foray on Kobol, he reverses his position and applauds [[Laura Roslin]] when she re-assumes the presidency, which is something that pays off later when her term expires and the Colonials cast their vote in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens]]".<br />
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* In Ron D. Moore's blog on the official Scifi.com site, October 14, 2005 entry, Moore says that the map was "probably a holographic projection of some sort". As for what was preventing the Cylons finding the map now that the Tomb was open, Moore said that they planned to have Cylon Centurions attack again at the tomb, destroying the hologram projector, however it was decided not to do this because it didn't flow well dramatically. This abortive attack sequence would have mirrored a similar event in the search for Earth on a [[Tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol|tomb on Kobol]] in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] episode, "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]]."<br />
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*The map to Earth is believable and satisfying: no goofy special effects or flaming letters spelling out "Go This Way," just basic astronomy. It gives the Colonials both a "compass" and "landmarks" to follow. For further analysis of the location of the Colonies, see this [[Navigation_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Triangulating_the_Colonies.27_.22Actual_Location.22|section]] of the article [[Science in the Re-imagined Series]].<br />
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*The compass is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_Nebula Lagoon Nebula], an actual nebula visible from both Earth and the Colonies. Assuming the Colonials' astronomical instruments are advanced enough to permit them to see the nebula from a greater distance than we can, the Lagoon Nebula gives them a general direction to head toward. They also know that Earth is within realistic traveling distance, and they know that Earth will be in a sphere centered on the Lagoon Nebula. The twelve star groupings that appeared on the Colonies' original flags are actual constellations, the twelve signs of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac Zodiac] (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces). These constellations will serve as landmarks: at the right planet, or within perhaps a few light-years of the nebula, these constellations will begin to appear as they do on the Colonials' flags, assuming that they compensate for the natural drift of stars relative to Earth over time, as constellations are not static.<br />
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*If each of the Twelve Tribes had an associated symbol that the Thirteenth Tribe identified in their constellations, did the Thirteenth Tribe have one of their own? There is a thirteenth constellation in the Zodiac, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus Ophiuchus] the snake-bearer, which is not included in astrology. Ophiuchus may, however, be included in Greek mythology, as it is speculated that the snake-bearer represents Asclepius, the healer. The story of Asclepius is that he learned the secrets of life and death while watching one snake cure another snake he had wounded. Zeus struck Asclepius down out of fear that, under his care, the human race could become immortal.<br />
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*As the nebula and constellations in the map to Earth are recognizably ours, this would appear to indicate that the Tomb of Athena isn't a Cylon construct intended to lead the Colonials astray.<br />
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*Despite the new data, it could take the Colonials years of searching within the vicinity of the Lagoon Nebula to find Earth.<br />
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* This may be the first episode where Adama and the President call each other by their first names, and not formally: "Bill" and "Laura." By the end of this episode, it appears that Adama realizes that, while Roslin did step over the line with her redirection of Starbuck, that there was a logical need to get information on Earth in any way possible. After his near-death experience, Adama seemed more resigned that they should all meet their doom or glory together rather than separate. Roslin reinforced the fleet's hope and gave it direction and purpose. Adama's rousing formal applause generation for Roslin at the end of the episode shows that Adama has firmly buried the hatchet between himself and the President.<br />
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* Commander Adama's sense of humor is returning: first in his talk with Billy about Roslin's comments on his future of being president someday ("Don't let it go to your head: [[Richard Adar|Adar]] was a moron.") and in his glib comment on how well their luck was going so far, as their Raptor's descent subjected them to several G-forces and pressed both of them firmly, visibly and uncomfortably against the bulkheads.<br />
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* Helo is already experiencing repercussions regarding his relationship with Caprica-Boomer. First by Apollo, who voices his uneasiness about the pair to Starbuck and then later, indirectly, by Commander Adama himself who makes a point of leaving Helo outside the Tomb of Athena with Zarek, Boomer and Tyrol. Tyrol was given the order to guard them which indicates that the chief is the only one of the four left outside that Adama trusts.<br />
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*How can Adama use the Messier number M8 to refer to the Lagoon Nebula? The Messier catalog was created in 1774, on Earth. Possible answers:<br />
**Language and nomenclature in the show is allegorical: the Colonials speak English, Adama references the game of craps ("gotta roll a hard six"), many characters have Western, biblical, or mythological names.<br />
**Parallel development between Earth and the Twelve Colonies extends past attire, vehicles, medicine and government documents to include highly specific astronomical nomenclature.<br />
**The show is set in the distant future, and the inhabitants of Kobol are actually descendents of an Earth-based population, some of whom returned after a vaguely-alluded-to disaster.<br />
***This is supported by otherwise difficult to explain terms such as the battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'', which appears to be named for the 15th century Earth explorer [[w:Christopher Columbus|Christopher Columbus]].<br />
***The cultural influence is also supported by the setup of the map itself. Only someone who could have been on Earth originally could have properly plotted out the zodiac constellations as seen from Earth.<br />
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== Notes == <br />
*Population is 47,855, a loss of three since Part I. Two of these were seen on-screen in the last episode (Elosha and a [[Laura Roslin faction]] [[Wikipedia: Redshirt (character)|Redshirt]]). The other may have happened offscreen in the same ambush.<br />
** At episode's end, the count is 47,853, with the death of [[Meier]] and one of [[Tom Zarek]]'s lackeys. <br />
*Helo still loves Caprica-Sharon, although he knows she's a Cylon. <br />
*Caprica-Valerii's hybrid child is a [[Hera|girl]]. She claims to just "know" this.<br />
*The child that Six claims she and Baltar will have ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) is actually Caprica-Valerii's and Helo's biological daughter.<br />
*Caprica-Valerii does not "remember" shooting Commander Adama, and she was unaware that Boomer is killed by [[Cally]] (she thought she was just in the [[brig]]). This Sharon copy thinks of herself as a "person" and not simply "a machine".<br />
*Caprica-Valerii possesses the memories of Boomer's two years aboard ''Galactica''. She "remembers" how exhilarating it was to get her wings and how it felt to be a member of the "family" that is ''Galactica's'' crew. She considers Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] a dear friend of sorts, even though she admits she herself has never actually met him. Caprica-Valerii herself acknowledges that it's weird that she has deep-seated memories of things she fully knows she's never actually done.<br />
*Caprica-Valerii apparently still believes that there is only "one true God" and that the Colonials "worship false idols".<br />
*According to Starbuck's observations, the Cylons have a plan for Caprica; "they're cleaning up the bodies, moving in the heavy machinery to repair the infrastructure..."<br />
**Ron D. Moore has stated in interviews that this is actually a major plot point (as later witnessed in "[[Downloaded]]"). Also, while the Cylon [[Farms]] (the hybrid experiments) are logically ''a'' plan for the Twelve Colonies, RDM said that it is not their ''only'' plan. <br />
*Dr. Baltar has had a medical scan performed on his head, and it appears that there are no "foreign objects", like a metallic computer chip containing a copy of Number Six's mind, within it. <br />
*Baltar has come to the realization that the copy of [[Number Six]] he sees cannot be just a hallucination, because she knows things his subconscious mind couldn't possibly know.<br />
*This episode probably begins a few hours after "[[Home, Part I]]", although it could conceivably begin immediately after it.<br />
*If the map displayed in the Tomb of Athena was from the perspective of an Earth-bound viewer, the Lagoon Nebula should have been in Sagittarius, not Scorpio.<br />
**This could be accounted for by drift through time. The map was made millennia ago, by now the angle of view could have changed significantly.<br />
**The error has been acknowledged by the producers.<br />
*Since Lee and Cmdr. Adama both recognized the Lagoon Nebula, and the nebula appears the same as it does from Earth, the Colonies must be located on a line that passes through Sol and the Lagoon Nebula. This would place the Colonies - and Kobol - in the Cygnus Arm of the galaxy.<br />
*Between Sharon's Heavy Raider that has been returned to the Fleet in this episode and the Heavy Raider from "[[Scattered]]", the Fleet may have up to two captured Heavy Raiders by this point. However, the one that crashes into the starboard flight pod may have been too damaged to be salvageable.<br />
*On Kobol, Zarek tells Meier that it's "harder" to get blood on your hands than to wash it off when referring to killing Apollo. Given the context, it's reasonable to assume that the correct line was that it is "easier" to get blood on your hands than wash it off, that Richard Hatch flubbed the line, and that the flub was not caught during filming.<br />
*Blooper: Laura Roslin and Kara Thrace can be seen holding their laughs in the back after Valerii points the gun at Adama, for an explanation see the "Official Statement" by [[Paul Campbell]] below.<br />
*The flashback to the scene in the morgue was removed for the UK DVD release. This indicates that Sharon was referring to the "Why?" from the Miniseries and that the flashback was an error in editing. However it is still present on the US DVDs. It is therefor unknown which is the definite version.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
* ''On "Earth":''<br />
*:<b>Cmdr. Adama:</b> I thought we were in the Tomb of Athena.<br />
*:<b>Starbuck:</b> I think that was just the lobby.<br />
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* ''In Sickbay:''<br />
*:<b>Cottle:</b> Will you stop going crazy in there?!<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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In the podcast for this program, Moore and Eick commented on their attempt to have a more colorful turn of phrase in the dialogue on the Raptor from Chief Tyrol and Adama. Tyrol's original line, in his frustration on reading a map was, "Topography's for pussies, anyway." Likewise, Adama's comment about President Adar to Bill was originally "...Adar was a prick." Both lines were changed at the behest of the studio's standards and practices unit.<br />
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* ''From [http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com/article.php?Article=2363 Hollywood North Report's interview] with [[Edward James Olmos]]:''<br />
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: '''Robert Falconer''': One watches the series with the sense that [[William Adama]] is either an Atheist, or a man who is very private about his religious beliefs, which is interesting considering he’s part of a society whose cultural iconography seems innately tied to its [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|religion]]. Has the discovery of the [[Tomb of Athena]] changed his mind about the existence of [[Earth]], or his religious beliefs, if any?<br />
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: '''Edward James Olmos''': To answer the first part of the question, I think the beliefs Adama held were spiritual, and that he believed in the spiritual nature of humankind, but he was never a religious person, per se. He studied religions, but it wasn’t his thing, which is part of why the whole idea of Earth merely seemed like mythology or folklore to him.<br />
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: As to events altering him as an individual…a lot has changed there. The biggest change Adama went through spiritually and emotionally was his own death. And when you come back from a death experience, where you’re “clinically dead” and your body stops functioning and then all of a sudden you’re brought back, at that moment you’re gone from this understanding and reality…not just lingering there, but gone.<br />
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: Now nobody really knows what happens during those moments, but that disembodiment, where you’re just looking at everything going on as though watching a movie, is a profoundly altering experience by all accounts. And I think that experience has changed Adama the most.<br />
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: The second life-altering experience for him was the discovery of the Tomb of Athena. One moment he’s standing in the tomb, the next he’s standing “outside” on open land for reasons not fully understood at this point.<br />
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: I think those have been the most startling moments for Adama – those and discovering first-hand the new strengths and powers of the Cylons. When [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon (Boomer)]] – who I loved like a member of my own family – is lying in the morgue and I ask her, “Why?”…then later I discover the [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|other copy of Sharon]] on the surface of [[Kobol]] while I’m trying to reunite the family and [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]], and she whispers in my ear, “And you ask me ‘why?’”…I realize the full implications of what we’re dealing with and I say to [[Lee Adama|Lee]] later, “They’re much stronger than we are.”<br />
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: And so all these things cause everything to change for Adama.<br />
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* ''[[Paul Campbell]] discusses antics during filming of the episode in an interview with [http://mediablvd.com/magazine/index.php?option=com_magazine&func=show_article&id=84 MediaBlvd]:''<br />
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: '''MB/TSFW:''' We had some questions come in from people that read the message board, and one of them was from [[Aaron Douglas]]. (Editor’s note: The question was actually from an earlier interview with TheSciFiWorld.net). He said that we should ask you about the names that Paul and Aaron made up for the race horses that [[Mary McDonnell|Mary [McDonnell]]] took her husband to see.<br />
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: '''Paul:''' I was thinking about that the other day. We had this ridiculous…Did he give you any names?<br />
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: '''MB/TSFW:''' No, but he said you were all laughing so hard that you ruined take after take.<br />
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: '''Paul:''' Absolutely, and once you get Mary on a roll, once you get her giggling, she will not stop. So we had a field day. We were shooting Home Pt. 2, and Mary was talking about taking her husband to the horse races and just randomly picking names. And we were talking about if you were just randomly picking names having no knowledge of the horses, what names you might choose. It would be like Lighting Steed, and Farts Dust, and choosing between the two. Or Beaten by A Nose, and A Nose for silly horse names. Three legged old man, and Guaranteed to Win. But for some reason it just struck us as incredibly silly, and we must have gone on for two or three hours, and we had hundreds of names. I think Mary laugher (sic) her way thru about 50% of those takes. <ref>http://mediablvd.com/magazine/index.php?option=com_magazine&func=show_article&id=84</ref><br />
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* ''[[Jamie Bamber]] discusses [[Lee Adama]]'s relationship with [[William Adama|his father]] after their reunion on Kobol:''<br />
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: Well, they barely see each other for the first half of the season. That serves to emphasis (sic) the pain invovled in the divergent paths the two men seem to be on. Lee stands over his father's comatose body on two occasions and each time feels a connection to his dad despite his apparent treacherous actions. His father's recovery he only experiences as a reported event while in exile [with [[Laura Roslin]]], and he seems doomed not to be able to put things right, and he is committed to denouncing his father's actions for the sake of democracy's cause. So when at the eventual meeting of the two men not a word is said about the past, it is so much more powerful. They now need each other on such a deep, family level that no past event can damage that. They have reached a point of acceptance of each other and each other's convictions, different as they may at times be. <ref>"Inside Battlestar Galactica", <u>Sci-Fi Magazine</u> February 2006: [http://bsgmedia.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/0008d708.jpg 53]</ref><br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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| image = Tomb_of_athena_lobby.jpg<br />
| title=Home, Part II<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=7<br />
| guests=[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]] <br> [[James Remar]] as [[Meier]]<br />
| writer=[[Ronald D. Moore]] <br/> [[David Eick]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Jeff Woolnough]]<br />
| production=207<br />
| rating= 2.1<br />
| US airdate=2005-08-26<br />
| UK airdate=2006-02-21<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| podcast=Y<br />
| population= 47855<br />
| oldpopulation= 47858<br />
| prev=[[Home, Part I]]<br />
| next=[[Final Cut]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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:''Adama leads a mission to Kobol to find President Roslin and her team of tomb-hunters, reconcile with his son, and reunite the divided fleet.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
* [[Laura Roslin]]'s scouting team makes its way through rain and cold towards the [[Gates of Hera]] and the [[Tomb of Athena]]. With the death of [[Elosha]], Roslin now has to interpret what information they have of the [[Sacred Scrolls]] by herself or using the help of the second copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]].<br />
* Meanwhile, on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] and others on the command staff pore over their topography data of [[Kobol]] to determine Roslin's whereabouts. Adama plans a [[Raptor]] expedition to Kobol, travelling himself to "reach out" to Roslin there and work to mend fences.<br />
* [[Meier]] and [[Tom Zarek]] continue to seek an opportunity to eliminate [[Lee Adama]] to gain a political advantage with Roslin and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. Zarek warns Meier that any action against Captain Adama must not occur before the team finds the Tomb.<br />
* [[Gaius Baltar]] begins to strongly deny the existence of his virtual [[Number Six]]. Six turns the tables by reappearing in a more casually dressed manner and claiming that Baltar is, indeed, crazy. Six claims that Baltar doesn't really have a "chip" in his head implanted by the Cylons, and that she is actually part of his own subconscious "[[frak]]king with (his) mind." She challenges him to visit [[sickbay]] for a brain scan to convince him of her "revelation."<br />
* Adama brings along [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Billy Keikeya]] aboard [[Racetrack]]'s Raptor to accompany him on his expedition. Adama feels Billy's presence will help his mission with Roslin. He relates that Roslin feels that Keikeya will become president himself one day.<br />
* [[Helo]]'s Valerii is happy to be "back in the Fleet", although she herself was never physically there; she is sharing her memories of her dead [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|''Galactica'' counterpart]].<br />
* [[Kara Thrace]] relates information on the [[Caprica Resistance]] to Roslin, but Roslin states that her current thoughts are focused only on the location of the Tomb, cutting off Thrace's [[Scar|first attempt]] to fulfill her promise to [[Samuel Anders]].<br />
* Meier begins to solicit Sharon Valerii's help as a pawn to kill Lee Adama so as not to leave suspicion on himself or Zarek. He twists the story of the fate of her ''Galactica'' counterpart to upset her.<br />
* A brain scan performed by Dr. [[Cottle]] confirms for the agitated Baltar that there are no ''mechanical'' devices or abnormalities in his head. Cottle writes off Baltar as another hypochondriac.<br />
* Commander Adama's team finds Roslin's camp. The commander, his son and Thrace exchange warm hugs, and Commander Adama gives a sincere welcome to Roslin. Roslin is particularly happy to see Keikeya.<br />
* The mood of the reunion sours when Commander Adama sees the second Valerii. Upset, he attacks her and throws her to the ground, but stops his assault when the pressures of his recovery form anxiety that causes him chest pain. Valerii says, "And you ask 'why?'" (mysteriously answering Adama's question, "Why?" said over her ''Galactica'' counterpart's dead body).<br />
* Roslin and Commander Adama bury the hatchet in their first heart-to-heart conversation about themselves and the Fleet. When Roslin brings up the Caprican resistance and whether abandoning the Colonies was the best idea, Commander Adama cuts her off, stating that Roslin saved his life, and that of his son. If he did not take her advice, they would all be dead.<br />
* With Commander Adama in the group, Tom Zarek tells Meier to abandon their plans on Lee Adama, but Meier secretly continues the plan, giving Sharon Valerii one of his [[Stallion|civilian sidearms]] to shoot Lee Adama while he and another Zarek team member work to shoot Commander Adama.<br />
* Valerii relates her feelings to Helo on how the Fleet sees her and other Humanoid Cylons: as machines, not people, with no rights. Realizing what Meier is trying to do (but not relaying the story to Helo), she tells Helo to trust her in what must be done next.<br />
* The team finds the Tomb of Athena. Immediately, Valerii raises her gun towards Commander Adama as Meier raises his gun to Lee Adama's head. But Valerii is feinting: She shoots Meier instead while Lee Adama kills another Meier conspirator that raised his gun at him. Valerii states to Commander Adama that, unlike "[[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]", she is aware of who and what she is, and that she makes own decisions on her destiny. She surrenders her gun to Commander Adama as her first of [[Flight of the Phoenix|many]] overtures of good faith.<br />
* The [[Arrow of Apollo]] is not a key to the door of the Tomb; the expedition pushes the door open. Commander Adama leaves Zarek, Valerii, and Helo guarded by Tyrol outside while Roslin, the Adamas, Keikeya and Thrace enter the Tomb. Inside, they find [[Wikipedia:Sarchophagus|sarcophagi]], each bearing statues that represent the tribal symbols. One status, Sagittaron, is missing his arrow.<br />
* When the Arrow is placed on the Sagittaron statue, a hologram of sorts activates around the team, placing them on a grassy field surrounded by stone pillars with glowing representations of the ancient tribal symbols that would later form the symbols of the Colonies. They soon deduce that they are standing on a representation of [[Earth]] in a planetarium of sorts that shows the Zodiac: the constellations form a representation what the Thirteenth Tribe would see from the vantage of Earth's sky.<br />
* Lee Adama finds what they came for in the virtual sky above: The [[Wikipedia:Lagoon_Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]], a celestial point known to the Colonials as well, which now provides the Fleet both a destination and a direction to Earth, although Commmander Adama warns that the Nebula is very far away.<br />
* Back on ''Galactica'', Adama completes his reunification of the Fleet and fence-mending by leading a rousing ovation for the reinstated President Roslin at an assembly in the starboard [[Hangar Deck|hangar deck]], complete with cheers from the crowd.<br />
* Sharon Valerii is placed in the special brig designed for her counterpart. Helo visits her while Gaius Baltar watches with his virtual Number Six, who now returns in her usual form. She claims now that she is an "angel of [[God]]" with a mission to guide and protect Baltar "until the end of the human race."<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
* How did Adama and the others return from the map of Earth?<br />
**What exactly was the map of Earth? Were they in the same room in the Tomb of Athena, and a 3D hologram was projected around them? Could it have been "all in their heads?" If so, would it even be perceived by the Cylons if they tried to view it?<br />
*Just who or what is the copy of Number Six that Dr. Baltar sees all the time? Is she truly some form of supernatural force (like Count [[Iblis]] in the Original Series)? (See: [[Cylon-Related Hallucinations]].)<br />
*How was the virtual Six capable of moving the chair in the Cylon holding cell? The chair was seen in both positions in "objective" shots (i.e. shots not from Baltar's POV that didn't include Six.) Is this a simple continuity error or does it suggest that Six can selectively appear as a physical manifestation, as hinted at by the appearance of [[Shelly Godfrey]]? Or is it just a stylistic choice to show the scenes from Baltar's point of view and he is only imagining it?<br />
*Caprica-Valerii reminds Adama that he asked her ''Galactica'' counterpart's corpse "why?" in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]". How did she know, without also knowing that Boomer had been killed? Or, was Boomer answering Adama's question of "why" from his attack: that humans have always abused Cylons as he had just done? <br />
*What are Tom Zarek's true motivations? <br />
*Caprica-Valerii's claim that the Cylons know more about Colonial religion than the Colonials raises interesting questions. The Cylons had direct access to the Arrow of Apollo and had at least a token presence on Kobol. If all of them knew where the Tomb of Athena was as Valerii claims, why didn't they use this knowledge to locate Earth themselves?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
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* Zarek demonstrates an adaptability and patience repeatedly during both parts of "Home", seizing potential opportunities and recognizing when it is in his best interest to back off. For instance, we see in "[[Home, Part I]]" that he had a desire to become the next "Fleet Commander", like [[William Adama]], and is willing to go along and eliminate anyone in his way, namely [[Lee Adama]]. Yet, during the foray on Kobol, he reverses his position and applauds [[Laura Roslin]] when she re-assumes the presidency, which is something that pays off later when her term expires and the Colonials cast their vote in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens]]".<br />
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* In Ron D. Moore's blog on the official Scifi.com site, October 14, 2005 entry, Moore says that the map was "probably a holographic projection of some sort". As for what was preventing the Cylons finding the map now that the Tomb was open, Moore said that they planned to have Cylon Centurions attack again at the tomb, destroying the hologram projector, however it was decided not to do this because it didn't flow well dramatically. This abortive attack sequence would have mirrored a similar event in the search for Earth on a [[Tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol|tomb on Kobol]] in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] episode, "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]]."<br />
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*The map to Earth is believable and satisfying: no goofy special effects or flaming letters spelling out "Go This Way," just basic astronomy. It gives the Colonials both a "compass" and "landmarks" to follow. For further analysis of the location of the Colonies, see this [[Navigation_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Triangulating_the_Colonies.27_.22Actual_Location.22|section]] of the article [[Science in the Re-imagined Series]].<br />
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*The compass is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_Nebula Lagoon Nebula], an actual nebula visible from both Earth and the Colonies. Assuming the Colonials' astronomical instruments are advanced enough to permit them to see the nebula from a greater distance than we can, the Lagoon Nebula gives them a general direction to head toward. They also know that Earth is within realistic traveling distance, and they know that Earth will be in a sphere centered on the Lagoon Nebula. The twelve star groupings that appeared on the Colonies' original flags are actual constellations, the twelve signs of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac Zodiac] (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces). These constellations will serve as landmarks: at the right planet, or within perhaps a few light-years of the nebula, these constellations will begin to appear as they do on the Colonials' flags, assuming that they compensate for the natural drift of stars relative to Earth over time, as constellations are not static.<br />
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*If each of the Twelve Tribes had an associated symbol that the Thirteenth Tribe identified in their constellations, did the Thirteenth Tribe have one of their own? There is a thirteenth constellation in the Zodiac, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus Ophiuchus] the snake-bearer, which is not included in astrology. Ophiuchus may, however, be included in Greek mythology, as it is speculated that the snake-bearer represents Asclepius, the healer. The story of Asclepius is that he learned the secrets of life and death while watching one snake cure another snake he had wounded. Zeus struck Asclepius down out of fear that, under his care, the human race could become immortal.<br />
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*As the nebula and constellations in the map to Earth are recognizably ours, this would appear to indicate that the Tomb of Athena isn't a Cylon construct intended to lead the Colonials astray.<br />
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*Despite the new data, it could take the Colonials years of searching within the vicinity of the Lagoon Nebula to find Earth.<br />
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* This may be the first episode where Adama and the President call each other by their first names, and not formally: "Bill" and "Laura." By the end of this episode, it appears that Adama realizes that, while Roslin did step over the line with her redirection of Starbuck, that there was a logical need to get information on Earth in any way possible. After his near-death experience, Adama seemed more resigned that they should all meet their doom or glory together rather than separate. Roslin reinforced the fleet's hope and gave it direction and purpose. Adama's rousing formal applause generation for Roslin at the end of the episode shows that Adama has firmly buried the hatchet between himself and the President.<br />
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* Commander Adama's sense of humor is returning: first in his talk with Billy about Roslin's comments on his future of being president someday ("Don't let it go to your head: [[Richard Adar|Adar]] was a moron.") and in his glib comment on how well their luck was going so far, as their Raptor's descent subjected them to several G-forces and pressed both of them firmly, visibly and uncomfortably against the bulkheads.<br />
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* Helo is already experiencing repercussions regarding his relationship with Caprica-Boomer. First by Apollo, who voices his uneasiness about the pair to Starbuck and then later, indirectly, by Commander Adama himself who makes a point of leaving Helo outside the Tomb of Athena with Zarek, Boomer and Tyrol. Tyrol was given the order to guard them which indicates that the chief is the only one of the four left outside that Adama trusts.<br />
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*How can Adama use the Messier number M8 to refer to the Lagoon Nebula? The Messier catalog was created in 1774, on Earth. Possible answers:<br />
**Language and nomenclature in the show is allegorical: the Colonials speak English, Adama references the game of craps ("gotta roll a hard six"), many characters have Western, biblical, or mythological names.<br />
**Parallel development between Earth and the Twelve Colonies extends past attire, vehicles, medicine and government documents to include highly specific astronomical nomenclature.<br />
**The show is set in the distant future, and the inhabitants of Kobol are actually descendents of an Earth-based population, some of whom returned after a vaguely-alluded-to disaster.<br />
***This is supported by otherwise difficult to explain terms such as the battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'', which appears to be named for the 15th century Earth explorer [[w:Christopher Columbus|Christopher Columbus]].<br />
***The cultural influence is also supported by the setup of the map itself. Only someone who could have been on Earth originally could have properly plotted out the zodiac constellations as seen from Earth.<br />
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== Notes == <br />
*Population is 47,855, a loss of three since Part I. Two of these were seen on-screen in the last episode (Elosha and a [[Laura Roslin faction]] [[Wikipedia: Redshirt (character)|Redshirt]]). The other may have happened offscreen in the same ambush.<br />
** At episode's end, the count is 47,853, with the death of [[Meier]] and one of [[Tom Zarek]]'s lackeys. <br />
*Helo still loves Caprica-Sharon, although he knows she's a Cylon. <br />
*Caprica-Valerii's hybrid child is a [[Hera|girl]]. She claims to just "know" this.<br />
*The child that Six claims she and Baltar will have ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) is actually Caprica-Valerii's and Helo's biological daughter.<br />
*Caprica-Valerii does not "remember" shooting Commander Adama, and she was unaware that Boomer is killed by [[Cally]] (she thought she was just in the [[brig]]). This Sharon copy thinks of herself as a "person" and not simply "a machine".<br />
*Caprica-Valerii possesses the memories of Boomer's two years aboard ''Galactica''. She "remembers" how exhilarating it was to get her wings and how it felt to be a member of the "family" that is ''Galactica's'' crew. She considers Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] a dear friend of sorts, even though she admits she herself has never actually met him. Caprica-Valerii herself acknowledges that it's weird that she has deep-seated memories of things she fully knows she's never actually done.<br />
*Caprica-Valerii apparently still believes that there is only "one true God" and that the Colonials "worship false idols".<br />
*According to Starbuck's observations, the Cylons have a plan for Caprica; "they're cleaning up the bodies, moving in the heavy machinery to repair the infrastructure..."<br />
**Ron D. Moore has stated in interviews that this is actually a major plot point (as later witnessed in "[[Downloaded]]"). Also, while the Cylon [[Farms]] (the hybrid experiments) are logically ''a'' plan for the Twelve Colonies, RDM said that it is not their ''only'' plan. <br />
*Dr. Baltar has had a medical scan performed on his head, and it appears that there are no "foreign objects", like a metallic computer chip containing a copy of Number Six's mind, within it. <br />
*Baltar has come to the realization that the copy of [[Number Six]] he sees cannot be just a hallucination, because she knows things his subconscious mind couldn't possibly know.<br />
*This episode probably begins a few hours after "[[Home, Part I]]", although it could conceivably begin immediately after it.<br />
*If the map displayed in the Tomb of Athena was from the perspective of an Earth-bound viewer, the Lagoon Nebula should have been in Sagittarius, not Scorpio.<br />
**This could be accounted for by drift through time. The map was made millennia ago, by now the angle of view could have changed significantly.<br />
**The error has been acknowledged by the producers.<br />
*Since Lee and Cmdr. Adama both recognized the Lagoon Nebula, and the nebula appears the same as it does from Earth, the Colonies must be located on a line that passes through Sol and the Lagoon Nebula. This would place the Colonies - and Kobol - in the Cygnus Arm of the galaxy.<br />
*Between Sharon's Heavy Raider that has been returned to the Fleet in this episode and the Heavy Raider from "[[Scattered]]", the Fleet may have up to two captured Heavy Raiders by this point. However, the one that crashes into the starboard flight pod may have been too damaged to be salvageable.<br />
*On Kobol, Zarek tells Meier that it's "harder" to get blood on your hands than to wash it off when referring to killing Apollo. Given the context, it's reasonable to assume that the correct line was that it is "easier" to get blood on your hands than wash it off, that Richard Hatch flubbed the line, and that the flub was not caught during filming.<br />
*Blooper: Laura Roslin and Kara Thrace can be seen holding their laughs in the back after Valerii points the gun at Adama, for an explanation see the "Official Statement" by [[Paul Campbell]] below.<br />
*The flashback to the scene in the morgue was removed for the UK DVD release. This indicates that Sharon was referring to the "Why?" from the Miniseries and that the flashback was an error in editing. However it is still present on the US DVDs. It is therefor unknown which is the definite version.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
* ''On "Earth":''<br />
*:<b>Cmdr. Adama:</b> I thought we were in the Tomb of Athena.<br />
*:<b>Starbuck:</b> I think that was just the lobby.<br />
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* ''In Sickbay:''<br />
*:<b>Cottle:</b> Will you stop going crazy in there?!<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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In the podcast for this program, Moore and Eick commented on their attempt to have a more colorful turn of phrase in the dialogue on the Raptor from Chief Tyrol and Adama. Tyrol's original line, in his frustration on reading a map was, "Topography's for pussies, anyway." Likewise, Adama's comment about President Adar to Bill was originally "...Adar was a prick." Both lines were changed at the behest of the studio's standards and practices unit.<br />
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* ''From [http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com/article.php?Article=2363 Hollywood North Report's interview] with [[Edward James Olmos]]:''<br />
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: '''Robert Falconer''': One watches the series with the sense that [[William Adama]] is either an Atheist, or a man who is very private about his religious beliefs, which is interesting considering he’s part of a society whose cultural iconography seems innately tied to its [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|religion]]. Has the discovery of the [[Tomb of Athena]] changed his mind about the existence of [[Earth]], or his religious beliefs, if any?<br />
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: '''Edward James Olmos''': To answer the first part of the question, I think the beliefs Adama held were spiritual, and that he believed in the spiritual nature of humankind, but he was never a religious person, per se. He studied religions, but it wasn’t his thing, which is part of why the whole idea of Earth merely seemed like mythology or folklore to him.<br />
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: As to events altering him as an individual…a lot has changed there. The biggest change Adama went through spiritually and emotionally was his own death. And when you come back from a death experience, where you’re “clinically dead” and your body stops functioning and then all of a sudden you’re brought back, at that moment you’re gone from this understanding and reality…not just lingering there, but gone.<br />
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: Now nobody really knows what happens during those moments, but that disembodiment, where you’re just looking at everything going on as though watching a movie, is a profoundly altering experience by all accounts. And I think that experience has changed Adama the most.<br />
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: The second life-altering experience for him was the discovery of the Tomb of Athena. One moment he’s standing in the tomb, the next he’s standing “outside” on open land for reasons not fully understood at this point.<br />
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: I think those have been the most startling moments for Adama – those and discovering first-hand the new strengths and powers of the Cylons. When [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon (Boomer)]] – who I loved like a member of my own family – is lying in the morgue and I ask her, “Why?”…then later I discover the [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|other copy of Sharon]] on the surface of [[Kobol]] while I’m trying to reunite the family and [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]], and she whispers in my ear, “And you ask me ‘why?’”…I realize the full implications of what we’re dealing with and I say to [[Lee Adama|Lee]] later, “They’re much stronger than we are.”<br />
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: And so all these things cause everything to change for Adama.<br />
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* ''[[Paul Campbell]] discusses antics during filming of the episode in an interview with [http://mediablvd.com/magazine/index.php?option=com_magazine&func=show_article&id=84 MediaBlvd]:''<br />
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: '''MB/TSFW:''' We had some questions come in from people that read the message board, and one of them was from [[Aaron Douglas]]. (Editor’s note: The question was actually from an earlier interview with TheSciFiWorld.net). He said that we should ask you about the names that Paul and Aaron made up for the race horses that [[Mary McDonnell|Mary [McDonnell]]] took her husband to see.<br />
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: '''Paul:''' I was thinking about that the other day. We had this ridiculous…Did he give you any names?<br />
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: '''MB/TSFW:''' No, but he said you were all laughing so hard that you ruined take after take.<br />
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: '''Paul:''' Absolutely, and once you get Mary on a roll, once you get her giggling, she will not stop. So we had a field day. We were shooting Home Pt. 2, and Mary was talking about taking her husband to the horse races and just randomly picking names. And we were talking about if you were just randomly picking names having no knowledge of the horses, what names you might choose. It would be like Lighting Steed, and Farts Dust, and choosing between the two. Or Beaten by A Nose, and A Nose for silly horse names. Three legged old man, and Guaranteed to Win. But for some reason it just struck us as incredibly silly, and we must have gone on for two or three hours, and we had hundreds of names. I think Mary laugher (sic) her way thru about 50% of those takes. <ref>http://mediablvd.com/magazine/index.php?option=com_magazine&func=show_article&id=84</ref><br />
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* ''[[Jamie Bamber]] discusses [[Lee Adama]]'s relationship with [[William Adama|his father]] after their reunion on Kobol:''<br />
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: Well, they barely see each other for the first half of the season. That serves to emphasis (sic) the pain invovled in the divergent paths the two men seem to be on. Lee stands over his father's comatose body on two occasions and each time feels a connection to his dad despite his apparent treacherous actions. His father's recovery he only experiences as a reported event while in exile [with [[Laura Roslin]]], and he seems doomed not to be able to put things right, and he is committed to denouncing his father's actions for the sake of democracy's cause. So when at the eventual meeting of the two men not a word is said about the past, it is so much more powerful. They now need each other on such a deep, family level that no past event can damage that. They have reached a point of acceptance of each other and each other's convictions, different as they may at times be. <ref>"Inside Battlestar Galactica", <u>Sci-Fi Magazine</u> February 2006: [http://bsgmedia.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/0008d708.jpg 53]</ref><br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[James Remar]] as [[Meier]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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| title=Home, Part II<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=7<br />
| guests=[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
| writer=[[Ronald D. Moore]] <br/> [[David Eick]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Jeff Woolnough]]<br />
| production=207<br />
| rating= 2.1<br />
| US airdate=2005-08-26<br />
| UK airdate=2006-02-21<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| podcast=Y<br />
| population= 47855<br />
| oldpopulation= 47858<br />
| prev=[[Home, Part I]]<br />
| next=[[Final Cut]]<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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:''Adama leads a mission to Kobol to find President Roslin and her team of tomb-hunters, reconcile with his son, and reunite the divided fleet.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
* [[Laura Roslin]]'s scouting team makes its way through rain and cold towards the [[Gates of Hera]] and the [[Tomb of Athena]]. With the death of [[Elosha]], Roslin now has to interpret what information they have of the [[Sacred Scrolls]] by herself or using the help of the second copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]].<br />
* Meanwhile, on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] and others on the command staff pore over their topography data of [[Kobol]] to determine Roslin's whereabouts. Adama plans a [[Raptor]] expedition to Kobol, travelling himself to "reach out" to Roslin there and work to mend fences.<br />
* [[Meier]] and [[Tom Zarek]] continue to seek an opportunity to eliminate [[Lee Adama]] to gain a political advantage with Roslin and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. Zarek warns Meier that any action against Captain Adama must not occur before the team finds the Tomb.<br />
* [[Gaius Baltar]] begins to strongly deny the existence of his virtual [[Number Six]]. Six turns the tables by reappearing in a more casually dressed manner and claiming that Baltar is, indeed, crazy. Six claims that Baltar doesn't really have a "chip" in his head implanted by the Cylons, and that she is actually part of his own subconscious "[[frak]]king with (his) mind." She challenges him to visit [[sickbay]] for a brain scan to convince him of her "revelation."<br />
* Adama brings along [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Billy Keikeya]] aboard [[Racetrack]]'s Raptor to accompany him on his expedition. Adama feels Billy's presence will help his mission with Roslin. He relates that Roslin feels that Keikeya will become president himself one day.<br />
* [[Helo]]'s Valerii is happy to be "back in the Fleet", although she herself was never physically there; she is sharing her memories of her dead [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|''Galactica'' counterpart]].<br />
* [[Kara Thrace]] relates information on the [[Caprica Resistance]] to Roslin, but Roslin states that her current thoughts are focused only on the location of the Tomb, cutting off Thrace's [[Scar|first attempt]] to fulfill her promise to [[Samuel Anders]].<br />
* Meier begins to solicit Sharon Valerii's help as a pawn to kill Lee Adama so as not to leave suspicion on himself or Zarek. He twists the story of the fate of her ''Galactica'' counterpart to upset her.<br />
* A brain scan performed by Dr. [[Cottle]] confirms for the agitated Baltar that there are no ''mechanical'' devices or abnormalities in his head. Cottle writes off Baltar as another hypochondriac.<br />
* Commander Adama's team finds Roslin's camp. The commander, his son and Thrace exchange warm hugs, and Commander Adama gives a sincere welcome to Roslin. Roslin is particularly happy to see Keikeya.<br />
* The mood of the reunion sours when Commander Adama sees the second Valerii. Upset, he attacks her and throws her to the ground, but stops his assault when the pressures of his recovery form anxiety that causes him chest pain. Valerii says, "And you ask 'why?'" (mysteriously answering Adama's question, "Why?" said over her ''Galactica'' counterpart's dead body).<br />
* Roslin and Commander Adama bury the hatchet in their first heart-to-heart conversation about themselves and the Fleet. When Roslin brings up the Caprican resistance and whether abandoning the Colonies was the best idea, Commander Adama cuts her off, stating that Roslin saved his life, and that of his son. If he did not take her advice, they would all be dead.<br />
* With Commander Adama in the group, Tom Zarek tells Meier to abandon their plans on Lee Adama, but Meier secretly continues the plan, giving Sharon Valerii one of his [[Stallion|civilian sidearms]] to shoot Lee Adama while he and another Zarek team member work to shoot Commander Adama.<br />
* Valerii relates her feelings to Helo on how the Fleet sees her and other Humanoid Cylons: as machines, not people, with no rights. Realizing what Meier is trying to do (but not relaying the story to Helo), she tells Helo to trust her in what must be done next.<br />
* The team finds the Tomb of Athena. Immediately, Valerii raises her gun towards Commander Adama as Meier raises his gun to Lee Adama's head. But Valerii is feinting: She shoots Meier instead while Lee Adama kills another Meier conspirator that raised his gun at him. Valerii states to Commander Adama that, unlike "[[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]", she is aware of who and what she is, and that she makes own decisions on her destiny. She surrenders her gun to Commander Adama as her first of [[Flight of the Phoenix|many]] overtures of good faith.<br />
* The [[Arrow of Apollo]] is not a key to the door of the Tomb; the expedition pushes the door open. Commander Adama leaves Zarek, Valerii, and Helo guarded by Tyrol outside while Roslin, the Adamas, Keikeya and Thrace enter the Tomb. Inside, they find [[Wikipedia:Sarchophagus|sarcophagi]], each bearing statues that represent the tribal symbols. One status, Sagittaron, is missing his arrow.<br />
* When the Arrow is placed on the Sagittaron statue, a hologram of sorts activates around the team, placing them on a grassy field surrounded by stone pillars with glowing representations of the ancient tribal symbols that would later form the symbols of the Colonies. They soon deduce that they are standing on a representation of [[Earth]] in a planetarium of sorts that shows the Zodiac: the constellations form a representation what the Thirteenth Tribe would see from the vantage of Earth's sky.<br />
* Lee Adama finds what they came for in the virtual sky above: The [[Wikipedia:Lagoon_Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]], a celestial point known to the Colonials as well, which now provides the Fleet both a destination and a direction to Earth, although Commmander Adama warns that the Nebula is very far away.<br />
* Back on ''Galactica'', Adama completes his reunification of the Fleet and fence-mending by leading a rousing ovation for the reinstated President Roslin at an assembly in the starboard [[Hangar Deck|hangar deck]], complete with cheers from the crowd.<br />
* Sharon Valerii is placed in the special brig designed for her counterpart. Helo visits her while Gaius Baltar watches with his virtual Number Six, who now returns in her usual form. She claims now that she is an "angel of [[God]]" with a mission to guide and protect Baltar "until the end of the human race."<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
* How did Adama and the others return from the map of Earth?<br />
**What exactly was the map of Earth? Were they in the same room in the Tomb of Athena, and a 3D hologram was projected around them? Could it have been "all in their heads?" If so, would it even be perceived by the Cylons if they tried to view it?<br />
*Just who or what is the copy of Number Six that Dr. Baltar sees all the time? Is she truly some form of supernatural force (like Count [[Iblis]] in the Original Series)? (See: [[Cylon-Related Hallucinations]].)<br />
*How was the virtual Six capable of moving the chair in the Cylon holding cell? The chair was seen in both positions in "objective" shots (i.e. shots not from Baltar's POV that didn't include Six.) Is this a simple continuity error or does it suggest that Six can selectively appear as a physical manifestation, as hinted at by the appearance of [[Shelly Godfrey]]? Or is it just a stylistic choice to show the scenes from Baltar's point of view and he is only imagining it?<br />
*Caprica-Valerii reminds Adama that he asked her ''Galactica'' counterpart's corpse "why?" in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]". How did she know, without also knowing that Boomer had been killed? Or, was Boomer answering Adama's question of "why" from his attack: that humans have always abused Cylons as he had just done? <br />
*What are Tom Zarek's true motivations? <br />
*Caprica-Valerii's claim that the Cylons know more about Colonial religion than the Colonials raises interesting questions. The Cylons had direct access to the Arrow of Apollo and had at least a token presence on Kobol. If all of them knew where the Tomb of Athena was as Valerii claims, why didn't they use this knowledge to locate Earth themselves?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
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* Zarek demonstrates an adaptability and patience repeatedly during both parts of "Home", seizing potential opportunities and recognizing when it is in his best interest to back off. For instance, we see in "[[Home, Part I]]" that he had a desire to become the next "Fleet Commander", like [[William Adama]], and is willing to go along and eliminate anyone in his way, namely [[Lee Adama]]. Yet, during the foray on Kobol, he reverses his position and applauds [[Laura Roslin]] when she re-assumes the presidency, which is something that pays off later when her term expires and the Colonials cast their vote in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Lay Down Your Burdens]]".<br />
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* In Ron D. Moore's blog on the official Scifi.com site, October 14, 2005 entry, Moore says that the map was "probably a holographic projection of some sort". As for what was preventing the Cylons finding the map now that the Tomb was open, Moore said that they planned to have Cylon Centurions attack again at the tomb, destroying the hologram projector, however it was decided not to do this because it didn't flow well dramatically. This abortive attack sequence would have mirrored a similar event in the search for Earth on a [[Tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol|tomb on Kobol]] in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] episode, "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]]."<br />
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*The map to Earth is believable and satisfying: no goofy special effects or flaming letters spelling out "Go This Way," just basic astronomy. It gives the Colonials both a "compass" and "landmarks" to follow. For further analysis of the location of the Colonies, see this [[Navigation_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Triangulating_the_Colonies.27_.22Actual_Location.22|section]] of the article [[Science in the Re-imagined Series]].<br />
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*The compass is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_Nebula Lagoon Nebula], an actual nebula visible from both Earth and the Colonies. Assuming the Colonials' astronomical instruments are advanced enough to permit them to see the nebula from a greater distance than we can, the Lagoon Nebula gives them a general direction to head toward. They also know that Earth is within realistic traveling distance, and they know that Earth will be in a sphere centered on the Lagoon Nebula. The twelve star groupings that appeared on the Colonies' original flags are actual constellations, the twelve signs of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac Zodiac] (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces). These constellations will serve as landmarks: at the right planet, or within perhaps a few light-years of the nebula, these constellations will begin to appear as they do on the Colonials' flags, assuming that they compensate for the natural drift of stars relative to Earth over time, as constellations are not static.<br />
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*If each of the Twelve Tribes had an associated symbol that the Thirteenth Tribe identified in their constellations, did the Thirteenth Tribe have one of their own? There is a thirteenth constellation in the Zodiac, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus Ophiuchus] the snake-bearer, which is not included in astrology. Ophiuchus may, however, be included in Greek mythology, as it is speculated that the snake-bearer represents Asclepius, the healer. The story of Asclepius is that he learned the secrets of life and death while watching one snake cure another snake he had wounded. Zeus struck Asclepius down out of fear that, under his care, the human race could become immortal.<br />
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*As the nebula and constellations in the map to Earth are recognizably ours, this would appear to indicate that the Tomb of Athena isn't a Cylon construct intended to lead the Colonials astray.<br />
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*Despite the new data, it could take the Colonials years of searching within the vicinity of the Lagoon Nebula to find Earth.<br />
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* This may be the first episode where Adama and the President call each other by their first names, and not formally: "Bill" and "Laura." By the end of this episode, it appears that Adama realizes that, while Roslin did step over the line with her redirection of Starbuck, that there was a logical need to get information on Earth in any way possible. After his near-death experience, Adama seemed more resigned that they should all meet their doom or glory together rather than separate. Roslin reinforced the fleet's hope and gave it direction and purpose. Adama's rousing formal applause generation for Roslin at the end of the episode shows that Adama has firmly buried the hatchet between himself and the President.<br />
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* Commander Adama's sense of humor is returning: first in his talk with Billy about Roslin's comments on his future of being president someday ("Don't let it go to your head: [[Richard Adar|Adar]] was a moron.") and in his glib comment on how well their luck was going so far, as their Raptor's descent subjected them to several G-forces and pressed both of them firmly, visibly and uncomfortably against the bulkheads.<br />
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* Helo is already experiencing repercussions regarding his relationship with Caprica-Boomer. First by Apollo, who voices his uneasiness about the pair to Starbuck and then later, indirectly, by Commander Adama himself who makes a point of leaving Helo outside the Tomb of Athena with Zarek, Boomer and Tyrol. Tyrol was given the order to guard them which indicates that the chief is the only one of the four left outside that Adama trusts.<br />
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*How can Adama use the Messier number M8 to refer to the Lagoon Nebula? The Messier catalog was created in 1774, on Earth. Possible answers:<br />
**Language and nomenclature in the show is allegorical: the Colonials speak English, Adama references the game of craps ("gotta roll a hard six"), many characters have Western, biblical, or mythological names.<br />
**Parallel development between Earth and the Twelve Colonies extends past attire, vehicles, medicine and government documents to include highly specific astronomical nomenclature.<br />
**The show is set in the distant future, and the inhabitants of Kobol are actually descendents of an Earth-based population, some of whom returned after a vaguely-alluded-to disaster.<br />
***This is supported by otherwise difficult to explain terms such as the battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'', which appears to be named for the 15th century Earth explorer [[w:Christopher Columbus|Christopher Columbus]].<br />
***The cultural influence is also supported by the setup of the map itself. Only someone who could have been on Earth originally could have properly plotted out the zodiac constellations as seen from Earth.<br />
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== Notes == <br />
*Population is 47,855, a loss of three since Part I. Two of these were seen on-screen in the last episode (Elosha and a [[Laura Roslin faction]] [[Wikipedia: Redshirt (character)|Redshirt]]). The other may have happened offscreen in the same ambush.<br />
** At episode's end, the count is 47,853, with the death of [[Meier]] and one of [[Tom Zarek]]'s lackeys. <br />
*Helo still loves Caprica-Sharon, although he knows she's a Cylon. <br />
*Caprica-Valerii's hybrid child is a [[Hera|girl]]. She claims to just "know" this.<br />
*The child that Six claims she and Baltar will have ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) is actually Caprica-Valerii's and Helo's biological daughter.<br />
*Caprica-Valerii does not "remember" shooting Commander Adama, and she was unaware that Boomer is killed by [[Cally]] (she thought she was just in the [[brig]]). This Sharon copy thinks of herself as a "person" and not simply "a machine".<br />
*Caprica-Valerii possesses the memories of Boomer's two years aboard ''Galactica''. She "remembers" how exhilarating it was to get her wings and how it felt to be a member of the "family" that is ''Galactica's'' crew. She considers Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] a dear friend of sorts, even though she admits she herself has never actually met him. Caprica-Valerii herself acknowledges that it's weird that she has deep-seated memories of things she fully knows she's never actually done.<br />
*Caprica-Valerii apparently still believes that there is only "one true God" and that the Colonials "worship false idols".<br />
*According to Starbuck's observations, the Cylons have a plan for Caprica; "they're cleaning up the bodies, moving in the heavy machinery to repair the infrastructure..."<br />
**Ron D. Moore has stated in interviews that this is actually a major plot point (as later witnessed in "[[Downloaded]]"). Also, while the Cylon [[Farms]] (the hybrid experiments) are logically ''a'' plan for the Twelve Colonies, RDM said that it is not their ''only'' plan. <br />
*Dr. Baltar has had a medical scan performed on his head, and it appears that there are no "foreign objects", like a metallic computer chip containing a copy of Number Six's mind, within it. <br />
*Baltar has come to the realization that the copy of [[Number Six]] he sees cannot be just a hallucination, because she knows things his subconscious mind couldn't possibly know.<br />
*This episode probably begins a few hours after "[[Home, Part I]]", although it could conceivably begin immediately after it.<br />
*If the map displayed in the Tomb of Athena was from the perspective of an Earth-bound viewer, the Lagoon Nebula should have been in Sagittarius, not Scorpio.<br />
**This could be accounted for by drift through time. The map was made millennia ago, by now the angle of view could have changed significantly.<br />
**The error has been acknowledged by the producers.<br />
*Since Lee and Cmdr. Adama both recognized the Lagoon Nebula, and the nebula appears the same as it does from Earth, the Colonies must be located on a line that passes through Sol and the Lagoon Nebula. This would place the Colonies - and Kobol - in the Cygnus Arm of the galaxy.<br />
*Between Sharon's Heavy Raider that has been returned to the Fleet in this episode and the Heavy Raider from "[[Scattered]]", the Fleet may have up to two captured Heavy Raiders by this point. However, the one that crashes into the starboard flight pod may have been too damaged to be salvageable.<br />
*On Kobol, Zarek tells Meier that it's "harder" to get blood on your hands than to wash it off when referring to killing Apollo. Given the context, it's reasonable to assume that the correct line was that it is "easier" to get blood on your hands than wash it off, that Richard Hatch flubbed the line, and that the flub was not caught during filming.<br />
*Blooper: Laura Roslin and Kara Thrace can be seen holding their laughs in the back after Valerii points the gun at Adama, for an explanation see the "Official Statement" by [[Paul Campbell]] below.<br />
*The flashback to the scene in the morgue was removed for the UK DVD release. This indicates that Sharon was referring to the "Why?" from the Miniseries and that the flashback was an error in editing. However it is still present on the US DVDs. It is therefor unknown which is the definite version.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
* ''On "Earth":''<br />
*:<b>Cmdr. Adama:</b> I thought we were in the Tomb of Athena.<br />
*:<b>Starbuck:</b> I think that was just the lobby.<br />
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* ''In Sickbay:''<br />
*:<b>Cottle:</b> Will you stop going crazy in there?!<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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In the podcast for this program, Moore and Eick commented on their attempt to have a more colorful turn of phrase in the dialogue on the Raptor from Chief Tyrol and Adama. Tyrol's original line, in his frustration on reading a map was, "Topography's for pussies, anyway." Likewise, Adama's comment about President Adar to Bill was originally "...Adar was a prick." Both lines were changed at the behest of the studio's standards and practices unit.<br />
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* ''From [http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com/article.php?Article=2363 Hollywood North Report's interview] with [[Edward James Olmos]]:''<br />
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: '''Robert Falconer''': One watches the series with the sense that [[William Adama]] is either an Atheist, or a man who is very private about his religious beliefs, which is interesting considering he’s part of a society whose cultural iconography seems innately tied to its [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|religion]]. Has the discovery of the [[Tomb of Athena]] changed his mind about the existence of [[Earth]], or his religious beliefs, if any?<br />
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: '''Edward James Olmos''': To answer the first part of the question, I think the beliefs Adama held were spiritual, and that he believed in the spiritual nature of humankind, but he was never a religious person, per se. He studied religions, but it wasn’t his thing, which is part of why the whole idea of Earth merely seemed like mythology or folklore to him.<br />
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: As to events altering him as an individual…a lot has changed there. The biggest change Adama went through spiritually and emotionally was his own death. And when you come back from a death experience, where you’re “clinically dead” and your body stops functioning and then all of a sudden you’re brought back, at that moment you’re gone from this understanding and reality…not just lingering there, but gone.<br />
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: Now nobody really knows what happens during those moments, but that disembodiment, where you’re just looking at everything going on as though watching a movie, is a profoundly altering experience by all accounts. And I think that experience has changed Adama the most.<br />
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: The second life-altering experience for him was the discovery of the Tomb of Athena. One moment he’s standing in the tomb, the next he’s standing “outside” on open land for reasons not fully understood at this point.<br />
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: I think those have been the most startling moments for Adama – those and discovering first-hand the new strengths and powers of the Cylons. When [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon (Boomer)]] – who I loved like a member of my own family – is lying in the morgue and I ask her, “Why?”…then later I discover the [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|other copy of Sharon]] on the surface of [[Kobol]] while I’m trying to reunite the family and [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]], and she whispers in my ear, “And you ask me ‘why?’”…I realize the full implications of what we’re dealing with and I say to [[Lee Adama|Lee]] later, “They’re much stronger than we are.”<br />
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: And so all these things cause everything to change for Adama.<br />
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* ''[[Paul Campbell]] discusses antics during filming of the episode in an interview with [http://mediablvd.com/magazine/index.php?option=com_magazine&func=show_article&id=84 MediaBlvd]:''<br />
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: '''MB/TSFW:''' We had some questions come in from people that read the message board, and one of them was from [[Aaron Douglas]]. (Editor’s note: The question was actually from an earlier interview with TheSciFiWorld.net). He said that we should ask you about the names that Paul and Aaron made up for the race horses that [[Mary McDonnell|Mary [McDonnell]]] took her husband to see.<br />
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: '''Paul:''' I was thinking about that the other day. We had this ridiculous…Did he give you any names?<br />
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: '''MB/TSFW:''' No, but he said you were all laughing so hard that you ruined take after take.<br />
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: '''Paul:''' Absolutely, and once you get Mary on a roll, once you get her giggling, she will not stop. So we had a field day. We were shooting Home Pt. 2, and Mary was talking about taking her husband to the horse races and just randomly picking names. And we were talking about if you were just randomly picking names having no knowledge of the horses, what names you might choose. It would be like Lighting Steed, and Farts Dust, and choosing between the two. Or Beaten by A Nose, and A Nose for silly horse names. Three legged old man, and Guaranteed to Win. But for some reason it just struck us as incredibly silly, and we must have gone on for two or three hours, and we had hundreds of names. I think Mary laugher (sic) her way thru about 50% of those takes. <ref>http://mediablvd.com/magazine/index.php?option=com_magazine&func=show_article&id=84</ref><br />
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* ''[[Jamie Bamber]] discusses [[Lee Adama]]'s relationship with [[William Adama|his father]] after their reunion on Kobol:''<br />
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: Well, they barely see each other for the first half of the season. That serves to emphasis (sic) the pain invovled in the divergent paths the two men seem to be on. Lee stands over his father's comatose body on two occasions and each time feels a connection to his dad despite his apparent treacherous actions. His father's recovery he only experiences as a reported event while in exile [with [[Laura Roslin]]], and he seems doomed not to be able to put things right, and he is committed to denouncing his father's actions for the sake of democracy's cause. So when at the eventual meeting of the two men not a word is said about the past, it is so much more powerful. They now need each other on such a deep, family level that no past event can damage that. They have reached a point of acceptance of each other and each other's convictions, different as they may at times be. <ref>"Inside Battlestar Galactica", <u>Sci-Fi Magazine</u> February 2006: [http://bsgmedia.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/0008d708.jpg 53]</ref><br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[James Remar]] as [[Meier]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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| title=Home, Part I<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=6<br />
| guests=[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]] <br> [[James Remar]] as [[Meier]]<br />
| writer=[[David Eick]]<br />
| story=<br />
| goof=Y<br />
| director=[[Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]<br />
| production=206<br />
| rating= 2.1<br />
| US airdate=2005-08-19<br />
| UK airdate=2006-02-14<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| podcast = Y<br />
| population= 47858<br />
| oldpopulation= 47857<br />
| prev=[[The Farm]]<br />
| next=[[Home, Part II]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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:''The refugee [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] splits into two factions: one led by [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] and [[Tom Zarek|Zarek]], the other by [[William Adama]]. However, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] is less than enthusiastic to be working with Zarek.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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=== On ''Galactica'' ===<br />
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* With [[Lee Adama]] [[Wikipedia:AWOL|AWOL]], [[William Adama|Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] are going over possible new [[CAG]]s. As Tigh reluctantly points out, none of them match the skills of Adama's son. <br />
* Unbeknownst to Tigh, Adama has already made his choice: Lieutenant [[George Birch]], now promoted to Captain. Adama had only called in Tigh, hoping that he and his XO were "on the same page". During the whole discussion, he is crushing walnuts in his hands. During his speech to Birch, he states that everyone on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is family, including his sons. <br />
* Meanwhile, Adama has another problem; the [[Fleet News Service|press]]. He attempts to communicate to them about the segmentation in the Fleet. The attempt backfires, with questions from the press remaining unanswered.<br />
* In the compartment over, [[Gaius Baltar]] is looking into the corridor from the hatch's threshold. Now having the knowledge that there are eight [[Cylon agent]]s in the Fleet, he is becoming increasingly paranoid. Six attempts to soothe him, claiming that he does not share the other humans' fate. She also goes on to say that humans are masters of self-destruction.<br />
* As the new CAG, Birch is enthusiastic and attempts to grow into his new role. One of his new duties is to lead combat exercises. In an asteroid field, [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] and [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] are practicing attack runs on an asteroid.<br />
** Hot Dog fires a missile at the primary target, only to wing it (and earn a scolding from Birch, who states that he knows Hot Dog can do better). <br />
** A communications glitch during the target exercise causes both Hot Dog and Kat to think they are each cleared for their attack runs. Birch fails to resolve the confusion, and a tragedy almost occurs: Hot Dog releases another missile while Kat begins strafing the primary asteroid target. The missile causes the asteroid to splinter, the debris from it almost killing Kat. While her Viper is winged, Kat manages to make it out alive using some remarkable piloting skill. <br />
* Another incident occurs, when two vessels (a fuel tanker and a civilian ship) are attempting a straight-forward refuel op. Birch has been supervising the op, which has been running for four hours. Tigh firmly notes that while Birch is Adama's man, he is green and inexperienced. <br />
** Adama orders the op be aborted, but not in time to prevent the ships from colliding. Fortunately, the resultant damage is non-critical.<br />
* Adama confides to [[Anastasia Dualla|Dee]] in his cabin about the shooting, his son and Roslin. Dee speaks her mind, saying that everyone is separated; parents and children, friends. After the emotional discussion, Adama attempts to dismiss her. She refuses, saying that it is time to heal the wounds. <br />
* As Adama walks through ''Galactica's'' empty corridors, he reflects. After, he returns to [[CIC]], where he orders for fresh intelligence data on [[Kobol]] be brought to his office. "It's time to put the Fleet back together," he states, matter-of-factly.<br />
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=== On the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' ===<br />
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* Members of the [[Quorum of Twelve]], [[Laura Roslin]], and [[Lee Adama]] argue over what their next move should be. Roslin attempts to persuade everyone to await [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]'s return with the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Roslin is steadfast in her belief that the Arrow will open the [[Tomb of Athena]], which holds the way to [[Earth]].<br />
* An unidentified ship approaches [[Laura Roslin faction|Roslin's fleet]]. Zarek and Meier prepare to have a nearby ship with missile batteries, the ''[[Adriatic]]'', attack the unidentified ship. President Roslin argues that they should wait; Meier argues that the unidentified vessel should be destroyed before leaving the weapons range of the nearby ship. <br />
* Just in time, Starbuck's voice is heard over the wireless hailing them from the unidentified ship. Starbuck's appropriated [[Heavy Raider|troop carrier]] is permitted to dock. <br />
* Apollo reunites with Starbuck, impulsively kissing her, to her surprise. Apollo is shocked to discover that Starbuck and Helo have brought [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|a second copy of Sharon Valerii]] back with them. He goes berserk, grabbing Valerii and shoving his pistol in her face. [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] approaches from behind, placing a gun against Apollo's head. <br />
* Roslin defuses the situation, with both men putting down their weapons. She then turns about and orders Valerii placed out of the airlock. Valerii is dragged off, but claims to know how to find the Tomb of Athena. Roslin spares her life, if only temporarily.<br />
* Apollo spends some time talking to Starbuck, trying to convince her to open up to him and assuring her he will be there for her. During this discussion he lets it slip that he loves her. Although he later insists he didn't say it, Starbuck teases him, playfully saying that there are "no takebacks" to what he said.<br />
* Roslin tells her advisors she accepts that Valerii really does believe herself to be in love with Helo, and consequently Roslin has threatened that he will be put out an airlock if Sharon doesn't genuinely lead the way to the tomb.<br />
* Zarek and Meier privately discuss Zarek's chance to command the new fleet to freedom. Meier realizes they need Roslin, but feel that Captain Adama is a problem to their power base. Meier twists a point of scripture said earlier by [[Elosha]] to their benefit: according to the scriptures, any return on Kobol will be purchased in blood. Meier insinuates that Lee Adama should be the one to pay the so-called price.<br />
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=== On [[Kobol]] ===<br />
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* A contingent, including Meier, Zarek, Valerii, Agathon, Thrace, Elosha, Roslin and Lee Adama, land on Kobol. Elosha (reading from the scriptures) and Valerii (reciting scripture from memory) state that the path to the Tomb of Athena is along a stone ridge. <br />
[[Image:Home_pt1_mourning.jpg|thumb|300px|Roslin, et al. mourn the loss of Elosha on Kobol. (C. SciFi Channel)]]<br />
* While following the ridge, Elosha comments that it should be littered with gravestones. She finds one and examines it closely. Valerii senses danger, but it is already too late. Elosha steps on a trigger which releases two "[[Wikipedia:Bouncing_betty|Bouncing Betty]]"-type antipersonnel mines; the shrapnel from the exploding mines strikes her and alerts nearby [[Cylon Centurion]]s to their presence. Entrenched in a high position, the trio of Centurions attempts to wipe out the party. Helo takes out one, Thrace and Lee Adama take out another, and Valerii runs off, only to use a grenade launcher to take out the remaining Centurion. Valerii's angle of attack appears to point at Lee Adama, who chases her down as she retrieved the weapon. She drops the weapon at Adama's feet after the Centurion is destroyed, offering no resistance.<br />
* Elosha is found dead and Roslin tearfully retrieves the blood-covered book of scriptures from her.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
* As Lieutenant Valerii demonstrates, the Cylons have excellent knowledge of the Colonials' scriptures, sufficient to anticipate mining the path alongside the gravestones, for example. What other nasty surprises are in store for the party on Kobol? Will the Tomb of Athena which they expect to find even be the "real" tomb? ([[Home, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* Agathon is seemingly aghast at the treatment of this second Sharon Valerii upon boarding the ''Astral Queen''. What did [[Karl Agathon]] expect when a glorified poster child for humanity's genocidists falls into the hands of the survivors? Did he hope to hide that she was a Cylon -- or hope that they would be merciful?<br />
* Will Agathon be put up for charges for his attempted assault of Lee Adama? (Answer: No, but his protective instincts will get him into trouble [[Pegasus (episode)|later]].)<br />
* What "fate" is Baltar's internal Six referring to? How will Baltar be "spared"? <br />
* Given the press' reactionary ferocity regarding the martial law edict, has the press hounded Baltar regarding martial law and his now-powerless position as Vice President of the Colonies? If not, why?<br />
* Will Thrace eventually heal from her emotional trauma experienced in the Cylon breeding farm? How will she deal with it, particularly as a previous victim of child abuse? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer: She is adamant '''not''' to become a victim again.]])<br />
* How will Thrace and Lee Adama pursue their relationship, now that Adama has admitted his feelings for her? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* What is the exact nature of Dee and William Adama's relationship? It seems more personal on an emotional level for both of them; leaving this question to be asked: What has Dee done to deserve this level of Adama's trust? <br />
* When will a rescue mission be mounted for the Caprican survivors? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Answer]])<br />
* How will Zarek and Meier deal with dispatching Lee Adama? ([[Home, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* With Elosha dead, will there be another spiritual advisor filling that vacuum? ([[Cavil|Answer: Sort of.]])<br />
** Since she dies on Kobol, is it true that her soul is bound for oblivion as the virtual Six insinuates will happen to humans who die on Kobol in "[[Fragged]]"?<br />
*Why does Tigh suggest [[Perry]] as a choice for new CAG? He was killed in the Battle for the Tylium Asteroid in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", and was a [[nugget]] besides. Is there another pilot of the same name?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The [[Arrow of Apollo]] looks rather ornate for a functional arrow. It may instead have once served as a symbol of religious or temporal authority, not unlike the [[Wikipedia:Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom|Britsh Crown Jewels]]. (Its function, [[Home, Part II|as it turns out]] is not a key to the tomb, ''per se''.)<br />
*The 9,500 Gemenons in the Roslin faction alone represent 20% of the fleet population. If the populations of the 12 colonies were represented equally throughout the fleet, they should each represent approximately 8.3% of the total population. As a result of this figure, we must make two assumptions:<br />
**Through accident or design, the Gemenon population of the fleet is substantially larger than the other colonies.<br />
**All, or nearly all of the Gemenon population has allied with the Roslin faction. This makes sense, given what Cpl. [[Venner]] has said about Gemenon fundamentalism, and Roslin's use of the "religion card".<br />
*Of the remaining 8,500 souls belonging to the Roslin faction, 6,250 are from Caprica. If we assume that the non-Gemenon population of the Roslin faction represents an even cross-section of the fleet's population, Caprica represents 74% of the remaining 11 colonies.<br />
**Assuming all the Gemenon population left with the Roslin faction, and the Caprican portion of the Roslin faction is a representative sample, the fleet's demographics break down as follows:<br />
***60% from Caprica<br />
***19.9% from Gemenon<br />
***20.1% from elsewhere<br />
***This is not completely implausible, since both ''[[Galactica]]'' and ''[[Colonial One]]'' were likely serving the needs of the closest colony, Caprica, when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred. Also the Commander of the [[Botanical Cruiser]] destroyed in the [[Miniseries]] mentioned that most of his passengers were from [[Picon]] and Gemenon. As the ship was enroute to Caprica this suggests that the point where the convoy has massed was near a route close to both Caprica and Gemenon, explaining the large size of the Gemenon population. On the other hand, it would make the [[Quorum of Twelve]] a rather poor representational system.<br />
***Alternatively, there may be some factor which earned the allegiance of the a greater-than-average portion of the Caprica population. Roslin is presumably a native of Caprica herself.<br />
*A frequent question about "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]" was why didn't Baltar ask Boomer the ''names'' of the 8 Cylons left in the fleet, and it was suspected of being a plot hole. In this episode, Baltar is shown regretting not asking her the identity of the other 8 Cylons. Perhaps he only had enough time to ask her one question and still save Chief Tyrol's life, and he was planning on asking her more if "that idiot hadn't killed her."<br />
*Birch is flying a [[Viper Mark VII]] in this episode, which was Apollo's preference prior to the damage he sustained during an atmospheric [[SAR]] in "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]." He, and his entire squadron, used [[Viper Mark II]]s in the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] (21 days later), although at least six Mark VIIs were deployed in "[[Scattered]]" (36 days later). Perhaps it just took the better part of three weeks to rehabilitate the Mark VIIs.<br />
*Another hard to explain name appears in this episode. The name of the ship ''[[Adriatic]]'', obviously derived from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriatic_Sea Adriatic Sea], is an arm of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea Mediterranean Sea] that separates Italy from the Balkan peninsula on [[Earth]].<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*This episode apparently begins immediately after the events of "[[The Farm]]."<br />
*Population count is 47,858, a gain of one since "[[The Farm]]," probably to account for the return of Helo. This means that Starbuck was never written off as "presumed dead", and if Sharon Valerii was ever included in the count before her outing as a Cylon, her copy isn't being added back after her defection.<br />
**With the death of Elosha and an unnamed escort on Kobol, the count at the episode end is now 47,856.<br />
*The 24 ships which joined the [[Laura Roslin faction]], while comprising somewhat less than a third of the fleet ([[The Farm]]), carried 18,000 survivors - over a third of the fleet's population.<br />
**Of these, 9,500 (more than half) were from Gemenon, and 6,250 were from Caprica.<br />
*Of the 24 ships, Saul Tigh gives a breakdown as follows:<br />
**12 transports<br />
**7 freighters<br />
**3 construction platforms<br />
**1 private cruiser<br />
**1 mining ship - the ''[[Monarch]]''.<br />
*One of the Roslin faction vessels, the ''[[Adriatic]],'' is equipped with ship-to-ship missiles.<br />
*The ''[[Striker]]'' is a ship that remains with ''[[Galactica]]'', damaged in a collision with an unnamed tanker.<br />
*[[Mueller (pilot)|Mueller]], one of ''Galactica's'' Viper pilots, completed a tour as a squadron XO, but Commander Adama views him as a malcontent.<br />
*Lee Adama had blonde hair as a child, like his [[Caroline Adama|mother]].<br />
*Baltar does not know the identities of the Cylons hidden in the fleet, and regrets not asking Boomer before Cally shot her.<br />
*Roslin misidentifies Helo as a Raptor pilot. In the miniseries, he was Boomer's [[ECO]].<br />
*According to Caprica-Valerii, she is not in constant, involuntary contact with whatever network the Cylons have access to. She claims: "I'm not wired in. It doesn't work like that." This, and data from past episodes, suggest that the humanoid Cylons share a collective knowledgebase that they can occasionally tap into, but as confirmed in "[[Downloaded]]," do not share a collective ''consciousness'' (like the Borg of "Star Trek" fame).<br />
*This is the first of a two-part episode. This episode is officially titled "Home, Part I."<br />
*Apollo and Starbuck finally kiss in this episode, albeit briefly. (A [[Scar|future tryst]] becomes more involved.)<br />
*Commander Adama crushing walnuts in his hand is reminiscent of the nervous habit of Captain Queeg in the classic film [http://www.filmsite.org/cain.html ''The '''Caine''' Mutiny'']. Captain Queeg would roll a pair of ball bearings in one hand during times of stress. Commander Adama's comments about loyalty and a ship being "like a family" also echo Captain Queeg.<br />
*The Cylons continue to operate troops on the surface of Kobol, but without orbital support from a basestar, or sufficient numbers to be more than a nuisance to the Colonials.<br />
*Roslin's fleet may have held onto the Heavy Raider that Starbuck, Helo, and Sharon returned in. If they did that makes for possibly the third captured Cylon spacecraft, after Starbuck's captured Raider in "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]" and the Heavy Raider that crashed into ''Galactica's'' starboard pod in "[[Scattered]]." (This is confirmed in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]:" the FTL drive in this ship is adapted for use in a [[Raptor]] for the [[SAR]] to retrieve the [[Caprica Resistance]].)<br />
*This is the first of two (thus far) episodes without an appearance by Chief [[Galen Tyrol]], the second being "[[Black Market]]."<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*''In a discussion with Baltar's Internal Six:''<br />
:'''Baltar:''' There was an off-road bridge, over the [[Euclid River|Euclid river]]. I used to go there, when I was a boy. Watch the fish try and swim upstream. They were mesmerizing. I envied them, unaware as they were of the wider complexities, challenges of life.<br />
:'''Six:''' You're beginning to see human beings as we see them.<br />
:'''Baltar:''' What I am beginning to see are Cylon faces, everywhere I look. Sharon told me there were eight Cylons left in the fleet. Why didn't I ask her who they were? If that idiot hadn't shot her- and why is that when things go wrong, they go wrong so well?<br />
:'''Six:''' Gaius. You get yourself far, far too worked up about these things. They do have it easy, don't they?<br />
:'''Baltar:''' They? Why are you talking to me like I'm not one of them?<br />
:'''Six:''' In some ways you never were. You have a path. You will be spared their fate. For once, Gaius, you can stop manipulating the world and let destiny take its course. If there's one thing we know about human beings with certainty, they are masters of self destruction.<br />
<br />
*''To Starbuck after her return from Caprica:''<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' You've missed a few catastrophes while you were away.<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
<br />
* ''[[Katee Sackhoff]] on Starbuck's inability to forge long-term relationships:''<br />
<br />
: Starbuck is comfortable with pain. Everything good has been taken away from her. She blames herself. So whenever something good happens, she doesn't believe it will last, so she sabotages it. She's very vulnerable toward love. She wants it so badly, but believes she isn't worthy of it. "How could anyone love me? Me? [[Kara Thrace]]? The complete [[frak]]-up." You can't truly love someone until you love yourself. <ref>"Inside Battlestar Galactica", <u>Sci-Fi Magazine</u> February 2006: [http://bsgmedia.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/0008a1hf.jpg 50]</ref><br />
<br />
== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha]]<br />
*[[Patricia Idlette]] as [[Sarah Porter]]<br />
*[[Malcolm Stewart]] as [[Marshall Bagot]]<br />
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Ben Ayres]] as Lt. [[George Birch|George "Catman" Birch]]<br />
*[[Linnea Sharples]] as Lt. [[Emmitt Jones|Emmitt "Sweetness" Jones]]<br />
*[[Christina Schild]] as [[Playa Palacios]]<br />
*[[Biski Gugushe]] as [[Sekou Hamilton]]<br />
*[[Raahul Singh]] as [[Kimmit]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{episode list (RDM season 2)}}<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by David Eick]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Home,_Part_I&diff=112746Home, Part I2007-03-12T23:40:45Z<p>Larocque6689: moving Zarek and Meier up to special guest</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image = Home_pt1_debate.jpg<br />
| title=Home, Part I<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=6<br />
| guests=[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]] <br> [[James Remar]] as [[Meier]]<br />
| writer=[[David Eick]]<br />
| story=<br />
| goof=Y<br />
| director=[[Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]<br />
| production=206<br />
| rating= 2.1<br />
| US airdate=2005-08-19<br />
| UK airdate=2006-02-14<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| podcast = Y<br />
| population= 47858<br />
| oldpopulation= 47857<br />
| prev=[[The Farm]]<br />
| next=[[Home, Part II]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
<br />
:''The refugee [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] splits into two factions: one led by [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] and [[Tom Zarek|Zarek]], the other by [[William Adama]]. However, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] is less than enthusiastic to be working with Zarek.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== On ''Galactica'' ===<br />
<br />
* With [[Lee Adama]] [[Wikipedia:AWOL|AWOL]], [[William Adama|Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] are going over possible new [[CAG]]s. As Tigh reluctantly points out, none of them match the skills of Adama's son. <br />
* Unbeknownst to Tigh, Adama has already made his choice: Lieutenant [[George Birch]], now promoted to Captain. Adama had only called in Tigh, hoping that he and his XO were "on the same page". During the whole discussion, he is crushing walnuts in his hands. During his speech to Birch, he states that everyone on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is family, including his sons. <br />
* Meanwhile, Adama has another problem; the [[Fleet News Service|press]]. He attempts to communicate to them about the segmentation in the Fleet. The attempt backfires, with questions from the press remaining unanswered.<br />
* In the compartment over, [[Gaius Baltar]] is looking into the corridor from the hatch's threshold. Now having the knowledge that there are eight [[Cylon agent]]s in the Fleet, he is becoming increasingly paranoid. Six attempts to soothe him, claiming that he does not share the other humans' fate. She also goes on to say that humans are masters of self-destruction.<br />
* As the new CAG, Birch is enthusiastic and attempts to grow into his new role. One of his new duties is to lead combat exercises. In an asteroid field, [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] and [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] are practicing attack runs on an asteroid.<br />
** Hot Dog fires a missile at the primary target, only to wing it (and earn a scolding from Birch, who states that he knows Hot Dog can do better). <br />
** A communications glitch during the target exercise causes both Hot Dog and Kat to think they are each cleared for their attack runs. Birch fails to resolve the confusion, and a tragedy almost occurs: Hot Dog releases another missile while Kat begins strafing the primary asteroid target. The missile causes the asteroid to splinter, the debris from it almost killing Kat. While her Viper is winged, Kat manages to make it out alive using some remarkable piloting skill. <br />
* Another incident occurs, when two vessels (a fuel tanker and a civilian ship) are attempting a straight-forward refuel op. Birch has been supervising the op, which has been running for four hours. Tigh firmly notes that while Birch is Adama's man, he is green and inexperienced. <br />
** Adama orders the op be aborted, but not in time to prevent the ships from colliding. Fortunately, the resultant damage is non-critical.<br />
* Adama confides to [[Anastasia Dualla|Dee]] in his cabin about the shooting, his son and Roslin. Dee speaks her mind, saying that everyone is separated; parents and children, friends. After the emotional discussion, Adama attempts to dismiss her. She refuses, saying that it is time to heal the wounds. <br />
* As Adama walks through ''Galactica's'' empty corridors, he reflects. After, he returns to [[CIC]], where he orders for fresh intelligence data on [[Kobol]] be brought to his office. "It's time to put the Fleet back together," he states, matter-of-factly.<br />
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=== On the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' ===<br />
<br />
* Members of the [[Quorum of Twelve]], [[Laura Roslin]], and [[Lee Adama]] argue over what their next move should be. Roslin attempts to persuade everyone to await [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]'s return with the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Roslin is steadfast in her belief that the Arrow will open the [[Tomb of Athena]], which holds the way to [[Earth]].<br />
* An unidentified ship approaches [[Laura Roslin faction|Roslin's fleet]]. Zarek and Meier prepare to have a nearby ship with missile batteries, the ''[[Adriatic]]'', attack the unidentified ship. President Roslin argues that they should wait; Meier argues that the unidentified vessel should be destroyed before leaving the weapons range of the nearby ship. <br />
* Just in time, Starbuck's voice is heard over the wireless hailing them from the unidentified ship. Starbuck's appropriated [[Heavy Raider|troop carrier]] is permitted to dock. <br />
* Apollo reunites with Starbuck, impulsively kissing her, to her surprise. Apollo is shocked to discover that Starbuck and Helo have brought [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|a second copy of Sharon Valerii]] back with them. He goes berserk, grabbing Valerii and shoving his pistol in her face. [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] approaches from behind, placing a gun against Apollo's head. <br />
* Roslin defuses the situation, with both men putting down their weapons. She then turns about and orders Valerii placed out of the airlock. Valerii is dragged off, but claims to know how to find the Tomb of Athena. Roslin spares her life, if only temporarily.<br />
* Apollo spends some time talking to Starbuck, trying to convince her to open up to him and assuring her he will be there for her. During this discussion he lets it slip that he loves her. Although he later insists he didn't say it, Starbuck teases him, playfully saying that there are "no takebacks" to what he said.<br />
* Roslin tells her advisors she accepts that Valerii really does believe herself to be in love with Helo, and consequently Roslin has threatened that he will be put out an airlock if Sharon doesn't genuinely lead the way to the tomb.<br />
* Zarek and Meier privately discuss Zarek's chance to command the new fleet to freedom. Meier realizes they need Roslin, but feel that Captain Adama is a problem to their power base. Meier twists a point of scripture said earlier by [[Elosha]] to their benefit: according to the scriptures, any return on Kobol will be purchased in blood. Meier insinuates that Lee Adama should be the one to pay the so-called price.<br />
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=== On [[Kobol]] ===<br />
<br />
* A contingent, including Meier, Zarek, Valerii, Agathon, Thrace, Elosha, Roslin and Lee Adama, land on Kobol. Elosha (reading from the scriptures) and Valerii (reciting scripture from memory) state that the path to the Tomb of Athena is along a stone ridge. <br />
[[Image:Home_pt1_mourning.jpg|thumb|300px|Roslin, et al. mourn the loss of Elosha on Kobol. (C. SciFi Channel)]]<br />
* While following the ridge, Elosha comments that it should be littered with gravestones. She finds one and examines it closely. Valerii senses danger, but it is already too late. Elosha steps on a trigger which releases two "[[Wikipedia:Bouncing_betty|Bouncing Betty]]"-type antipersonnel mines; the shrapnel from the exploding mines strikes her and alerts nearby [[Cylon Centurion]]s to their presence. Entrenched in a high position, the trio of Centurions attempts to wipe out the party. Helo takes out one, Thrace and Lee Adama take out another, and Valerii runs off, only to use a grenade launcher to take out the remaining Centurion. Valerii's angle of attack appears to point at Lee Adama, who chases her down as she retrieved the weapon. She drops the weapon at Adama's feet after the Centurion is destroyed, offering no resistance.<br />
* Elosha is found dead and Roslin tearfully retrieves the blood-covered book of scriptures from her.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
* As Lieutenant Valerii demonstrates, the Cylons have excellent knowledge of the Colonials' scriptures, sufficient to anticipate mining the path alongside the gravestones, for example. What other nasty surprises are in store for the party on Kobol? Will the Tomb of Athena which they expect to find even be the "real" tomb? ([[Home, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* Agathon is seemingly aghast at the treatment of this second Sharon Valerii upon boarding the ''Astral Queen''. What did [[Karl Agathon]] expect when a glorified poster child for humanity's genocidists falls into the hands of the survivors? Did he hope to hide that she was a Cylon -- or hope that they would be merciful?<br />
* Will Agathon be put up for charges for his attempted assault of Lee Adama? (Answer: No, but his protective instincts will get him into trouble [[Pegasus (episode)|later]].)<br />
* What "fate" is Baltar's internal Six referring to? How will Baltar be "spared"? <br />
* Given the press' reactionary ferocity regarding the martial law edict, has the press hounded Baltar regarding martial law and his now-powerless position as Vice President of the Colonies? If not, why?<br />
* Will Thrace eventually heal from her emotional trauma experienced in the Cylon breeding farm? How will she deal with it, particularly as a previous victim of child abuse? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer: She is adamant '''not''' to become a victim again.]])<br />
* How will Thrace and Lee Adama pursue their relationship, now that Adama has admitted his feelings for her? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* What is the exact nature of Dee and William Adama's relationship? It seems more personal on an emotional level for both of them; leaving this question to be asked: What has Dee done to deserve this level of Adama's trust? <br />
* When will a rescue mission be mounted for the Caprican survivors? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|Answer]])<br />
* How will Zarek and Meier deal with dispatching Lee Adama? ([[Home, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* With Elosha dead, will there be another spiritual advisor filling that vacuum? ([[Cavil|Answer: Sort of.]])<br />
** Since she dies on Kobol, is it true that her soul is bound for oblivion as the virtual Six insinuates will happen to humans who die on Kobol in "[[Fragged]]"?<br />
*Why does Tigh suggest [[Perry]] as a choice for new CAG? He was killed in the Battle for the Tylium Asteroid in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", and was a [[nugget]] besides. Is there another pilot of the same name?<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
*The [[Arrow of Apollo]] looks rather ornate for a functional arrow. It may instead have once served as a symbol of religious or temporal authority, not unlike the [[Wikipedia:Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom|Britsh Crown Jewels]]. (Its function, [[Home, Part II|as it turns out]] is not a key to the tomb, ''per se''.)<br />
*The 9,500 Gemenons in the Roslin faction alone represent 20% of the fleet population. If the populations of the 12 colonies were represented equally throughout the fleet, they should each represent approximately 8.3% of the total population. As a result of this figure, we must make two assumptions:<br />
**Through accident or design, the Gemenon population of the fleet is substantially larger than the other colonies.<br />
**All, or nearly all of the Gemenon population has allied with the Roslin faction. This makes sense, given what Cpl. [[Venner]] has said about Gemenon fundamentalism, and Roslin's use of the "religion card".<br />
*Of the remaining 8,500 souls belonging to the Roslin faction, 6,250 are from Caprica. If we assume that the non-Gemenon population of the Roslin faction represents an even cross-section of the fleet's population, Caprica represents 74% of the remaining 11 colonies.<br />
**Assuming all the Gemenon population left with the Roslin faction, and the Caprican portion of the Roslin faction is a representative sample, the fleet's demographics break down as follows:<br />
***60% from Caprica<br />
***19.9% from Gemenon<br />
***20.1% from elsewhere<br />
***This is not completely implausible, since both ''[[Galactica]]'' and ''[[Colonial One]]'' were likely serving the needs of the closest colony, Caprica, when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred. Also the Commander of the [[Botanical Cruiser]] destroyed in the [[Miniseries]] mentioned that most of his passengers were from [[Picon]] and Gemenon. As the ship was enroute to Caprica this suggests that the point where the convoy has massed was near a route close to both Caprica and Gemenon, explaining the large size of the Gemenon population. On the other hand, it would make the [[Quorum of Twelve]] a rather poor representational system.<br />
***Alternatively, there may be some factor which earned the allegiance of the a greater-than-average portion of the Caprica population. Roslin is presumably a native of Caprica herself.<br />
*A frequent question about "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]" was why didn't Baltar ask Boomer the ''names'' of the 8 Cylons left in the fleet, and it was suspected of being a plot hole. In this episode, Baltar is shown regretting not asking her the identity of the other 8 Cylons. Perhaps he only had enough time to ask her one question and still save Chief Tyrol's life, and he was planning on asking her more if "that idiot hadn't killed her."<br />
*Birch is flying a [[Viper Mark VII]] in this episode, which was Apollo's preference prior to the damage he sustained during an atmospheric [[SAR]] in "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]." He, and his entire squadron, used [[Viper Mark II]]s in the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] (21 days later), although at least six Mark VIIs were deployed in "[[Scattered]]" (36 days later). Perhaps it just took the better part of three weeks to rehabilitate the Mark VIIs.<br />
*Another hard to explain name appears in this episode. The name of the ship ''[[Adriatic]]'', obviously derived from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriatic_Sea Adriatic Sea], is an arm of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea Mediterranean Sea] that separates Italy from the Balkan peninsula on [[Earth]].<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*This episode apparently begins immediately after the events of "[[The Farm]]."<br />
*Population count is 47,858, a gain of one since "[[The Farm]]," probably to account for the return of Helo. This means that Starbuck was never written off as "presumed dead", and if Sharon Valerii was ever included in the count before her outing as a Cylon, her copy isn't being added back after her defection.<br />
**With the death of Elosha and an unnamed escort on Kobol, the count at the episode end is now 47,856.<br />
*The 24 ships which joined the [[Laura Roslin faction]], while comprising somewhat less than a third of the fleet ([[The Farm]]), carried 18,000 survivors - over a third of the fleet's population.<br />
**Of these, 9,500 (more than half) were from Gemenon, and 6,250 were from Caprica.<br />
*Of the 24 ships, Saul Tigh gives a breakdown as follows:<br />
**12 transports<br />
**7 freighters<br />
**3 construction platforms<br />
**1 private cruiser<br />
**1 mining ship - the ''[[Monarch]]''.<br />
*One of the Roslin faction vessels, the ''[[Adriatic]],'' is equipped with ship-to-ship missiles.<br />
*The ''[[Striker]]'' is a ship that remains with ''[[Galactica]]'', damaged in a collision with an unnamed tanker.<br />
*[[Mueller (pilot)|Mueller]], one of ''Galactica's'' Viper pilots, completed a tour as a squadron XO, but Commander Adama views him as a malcontent.<br />
*Lee Adama had blonde hair as a child, like his [[Caroline Adama|mother]].<br />
*Baltar does not know the identities of the Cylons hidden in the fleet, and regrets not asking Boomer before Cally shot her.<br />
*Roslin misidentifies Helo as a Raptor pilot. In the miniseries, he was Boomer's [[ECO]].<br />
*According to Caprica-Valerii, she is not in constant, involuntary contact with whatever network the Cylons have access to. She claims: "I'm not wired in. It doesn't work like that." This, and data from past episodes, suggest that the humanoid Cylons share a collective knowledgebase that they can occasionally tap into, but as confirmed in "[[Downloaded]]," do not share a collective ''consciousness'' (like the Borg of "Star Trek" fame).<br />
*This is the first of a two-part episode. This episode is officially titled "Home, Part I."<br />
*Apollo and Starbuck finally kiss in this episode, albeit briefly. (A [[Scar|future tryst]] becomes more involved.)<br />
*Commander Adama crushing walnuts in his hand is reminiscent of the nervous habit of Captain Queeg in the classic film [http://www.filmsite.org/cain.html ''The '''Caine''' Mutiny'']. Captain Queeg would roll a pair of ball bearings in one hand during times of stress. Commander Adama's comments about loyalty and a ship being "like a family" also echo Captain Queeg.<br />
*The Cylons continue to operate troops on the surface of Kobol, but without orbital support from a basestar, or sufficient numbers to be more than a nuisance to the Colonials.<br />
*Roslin's fleet may have held onto the Heavy Raider that Starbuck, Helo, and Sharon returned in. If they did that makes for possibly the third captured Cylon spacecraft, after Starbuck's captured Raider in "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]" and the Heavy Raider that crashed into ''Galactica's'' starboard pod in "[[Scattered]]." (This is confirmed in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]:" the FTL drive in this ship is adapted for use in a [[Raptor]] for the [[SAR]] to retrieve the [[Caprica Resistance]].)<br />
*This is the first of two (thus far) episodes without an appearance by Chief [[Galen Tyrol]], the second being "[[Black Market]]."<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
*''In a discussion with Baltar's Internal Six:''<br />
:'''Baltar:''' There was an off-road bridge, over the [[Euclid River|Euclid river]]. I used to go there, when I was a boy. Watch the fish try and swim upstream. They were mesmerizing. I envied them, unaware as they were of the wider complexities, challenges of life.<br />
:'''Six:''' You're beginning to see human beings as we see them.<br />
:'''Baltar:''' What I am beginning to see are Cylon faces, everywhere I look. Sharon told me there were eight Cylons left in the fleet. Why didn't I ask her who they were? If that idiot hadn't shot her- and why is that when things go wrong, they go wrong so well?<br />
:'''Six:''' Gaius. You get yourself far, far too worked up about these things. They do have it easy, don't they?<br />
:'''Baltar:''' They? Why are you talking to me like I'm not one of them?<br />
:'''Six:''' In some ways you never were. You have a path. You will be spared their fate. For once, Gaius, you can stop manipulating the world and let destiny take its course. If there's one thing we know about human beings with certainty, they are masters of self destruction.<br />
<br />
*''To Starbuck after her return from Caprica:''<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' You've missed a few catastrophes while you were away.<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
<br />
* ''[[Katee Sackhoff]] on Starbuck's inability to forge long-term relationships:''<br />
<br />
: Starbuck is comfortable with pain. Everything good has been taken away from her. She blames herself. So whenever something good happens, she doesn't believe it will last, so she sabotages it. She's very vulnerable toward love. She wants it so badly, but believes she isn't worthy of it. "How could anyone love me? Me? [[Kara Thrace]]? The complete [[frak]]-up." You can't truly love someone until you love yourself. <ref>"Inside Battlestar Galactica", <u>Sci-Fi Magazine</u> February 2006: [http://bsgmedia.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/0008a1hf.jpg 50]</ref><br />
<br />
== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
*[[James Remar]] as [[Meier]]<br />
*[[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha]]<br />
*[[Patricia Idlette]] as [[Sarah Porter]]<br />
*[[Malcolm Stewart]] as [[Marshall Bagott]]<br />
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Ben Ayres]] as Lt. [[George Birch|George "Catman" Birch]]<br />
*[[Linnea Sharples]] as Lt. [[Emmitt Jones|Emmitt "Sweetness" Jones]]<br />
*[[Christina Schild]] as [[Playa Palacios]]<br />
*[[Biski Gugushe]] as [[Sekou Hamilton]]<br />
*[[Raahul Singh]] as Kimmit<br />
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==References==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
{{episode list (RDM season 2)}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by David Eick]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Farm&diff=112745The Farm2007-03-12T23:38:17Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Guest stars */ resorting, adding Elosha, Dualla, moving Zarek up to special guest</p>
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<div>:''This page covers the episode "The Farm." For the Farms themselves, see [[Farms]].''<br />
{{Episode Data<br />
| image = Galacticafarm.jpg<br />
| title=The Farm<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=5<br />
| guests=[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
| writer=[[Carla Robinson]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Rod Hardy]]<br />
| production=205<br />
| rating= 2.0<br />
| US airdate=2005-08-12<br />
| UK airdate=2006-02-07<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| podcast = Y<br />
| population= 47857<br />
| oldpopulation= 47861<br />
| prev=[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]<br />
| next=[[Home, Part I]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''[[Kara Thrace]] is shot and wakes up in a remote hospital facility on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], and learns that her friendly doctor has his own plans for her future.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== On Caprica ===<br />
<br />
*[[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]], [[Karl Agathon|Helo]], and two members of the Resistance ([[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and [[Sue-Shaun]], who were introduced in the last episode) devise a plan to escape from [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] by commandeering a [[Heavy Raider]] from a nearby airstrip. They will fit as many people as possible onto the craft, and will dispatch a rescue mission for the remainder upon return to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
*As the team is about to assault the airstrip, they are ambushed, and Thrace is hit by a bullet that grazes off her head and gets lodged in her abdomen. She loses consciousness.<br />
*Thrace wakes up in a hospital. She is being attended to by a doctor named [[Simon]], who tells her that she was brought into the hospital by Anders, and that Anders died from a shrapnel wound. Thrace is devastated.<br />
*Thrace spends the next few days conversing with Simon, who muses that women capable of bearing children are a rare "commodity" now that the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] have nuked the Colonies, and suggests that Thrace should consider giving birth to a child.<br />
*Simon speculates that Thrace's reluctance to have children stems from her mother having abused her when she was young, as evidenced by a pattern of fractures in her fingers. This topic upsets her.<br />
*Thrace wakes to discover a new scar on her abdomen. Simon tells her it's from an operation he did to stop some bleeding, but Thrace doesn't believe him, particularly after he calls her "Starbuck"--her pilot call sign, which she has never told him.<br />
*Thrace fakes sleep after crimping her intravenous drip filled with sedative. When Simon leaves, she follows him into the hallway, where she overhears him having a conversation with a copy of [[Number Six]] about the "complete removal" of her ovaries scheduled for the next day.<br />
*A short time later, Thrace stabs Simon with a broken mirror shard and escapes the room. Lurching around the deserted hospital, she stumbles upon a room full of semi-conscious women wired horrifically to machines. Among them is [[Sue-Shaun]], who begs Thrace to destroy the "baby machines" and end their misery. She obliges with a prayer, a pair of medical tongs, and a primal scream.<br />
*Thrace staggers outside, braining a Six model with a fire extinguisher in the process, only to find a another Simon standing there to greet her. At that moment, [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and the rest of the resistance emerge from the woods. They pepper Simon with bullets, but soon get bogged down in a firefight with a squad of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]]. A second rescue occurs in as many minutes: [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Valerii]] swoops down in a stolen Heavy Raider and blows the Centurions away.<br />
*Thrace relates her experiences in the hospital to the others. Valerii explains that the [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid Cylons]] have a flaw which renders them unable to reproduce biologically. The Cylons have been holding human women in "farms" to try to implant them with human/Cylon embryos. This effort has failed, however, leading the Cylons to believe that conception requires "love." Based on this theory, Valerii was able to conceive with Helo because of their love for each other.<br />
*Helo, Sharon, and Starbuck leave Caprica on the Heavy Raider. Starbuck promises [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] to return someday to rescue the Resistance. In the meantime, Anders says he will try to destroy as many farms as he can.<br />
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===On ''Galactica'' and In The Fleet===<br />
<br />
*Commander Adama returns to duty, and is greated by applause in [[CIC]]. He tells the crew that he loves them all.<br />
*To try to rally support to the president, Zarek wants [[Lee Adama]] to make a recording denouncing his father. Adama stops in the middle of it and says he can't go through with it. It's left to [[Laura Roslin]] to win over the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].<br />
* Roslin plays the "religious card." She transfers to the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' from where she transmits a message imploring the Fleet to follow her and the path the [[Lords of Kobol]] have set out for her. An infuriated and staunchly secular Adama doesn't board the ''Astral Queen'' because he thinks only three or four ships would seriously listen to her "religious nonsense." Instead, 24 ships ("almost a third of the Fleet") leave with her.<br />
*Cally is thrown in the brig for killing [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]], now known as a Humanoid Cylon and traitor. Chief Tyrol implores Commander Adama to release her, due to her trauma by events on Kobol. Adama gives her a light sentence of charging her with discharging a firearm without permission: Cally will spend only one month in the brig.<br />
*Adama asks Tyrol if he could love Boomer despite the fact that she was a machine. Tyrol isn't quite sure, but it becomes apparent that Adama is asking himself the question as much as he is Tyrol; Adama loved all of his pilots like his children. <br />
*Adama visits Boomer's body in the morgue. He asks "Why?" then breaks down crying over her body.<br />
<br />
== Questions == <br />
*Caprica-Valerii says that she knows that [[Leoben Conoy]] told Kara Thrace she was special during his interrogation aboard ''Galactica''. How could she have known this? How do the Humanoid Cylons communicate to each other?<br />
*Will we see Simon again? ([[Downloaded|Answer]]) Is he one of the eight Humanoid Cylons hiding in the Fleet?<br />
*How did Simon know Anders' name?<br />
*What did Kara whisper to Sue-Shaun before she "pulled the plug" on the Farm machinery?<br />
*Why does the Caprica resistance seem more concerned about Thrace's disappearance than Sue-Shaun's? Did Thrace's love interest generate the greater concern?<br />
*Could Commander Adama's evident grief upon viewing the corpse of Boomer in the ship's morgue mean that they were personally involved at some point? Or, perhaps, did the level of humanity that Boomer showed cause Adama to mourn her loss as he would a daughter or daughter-figure such as Kara Thrace? <br />
*Would any viable embryos harvested by the Cylons be accelerated into mature adults or placed ''in vitro'' into a host? Would the host be Cylon or human? ([[Hera|Answer]], [[A Measure of Salvation|Result of Answer]])<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*What exactly did the Cylons do to Thrace's ovaries? Simon tells Six: "...pending lab test results on sample for ovaries, complete removal will proceed tomorrow". Starbuck escapes right after this, which means that the opportunity to "completely remove" her ovaries did not occur. This suggests at the very least that Starbuck can still have children. However, female humans only have '''two''' ovaries: how can you have a "sample" one? The sample could just mean that Simon took several eggs from one of Starbuck's ovaries to see if they were viable for conceiving children. <br />
*It would seem that the Cylons at least obtained several sample egg cells from Starbuck. Will this lead to developments later on? <br />
*In Ron D. Moore's blog entry for October 14, 2005, after finishing the last scripts for season two he jokingly says he has "the reward of time spent thinking about something besides Kara's missing ovaries ("Now, where did I leave those ovaries? They were right here a minute ago...") ". What is meant by this?<br />
*Love serves as a theme in this episode. First, we find out how important love is for the Cylons: it is considered essential for Cylon procreation. In the first episode, Number Six asked Dr. Baltar several times if he loved her. Number Six also said that "God is love". That was after she tried to conceive from him. Love is also the reason Sharon aids Helo and the reason Helo accepts her help. Also we hear that Starbuck was abused as a child. In the last episode she said that everyone seems to fight to get their old life back and she fights because it's all she knows how to do. In this episode she seems to develop affections to Anders. Will Starbuck find 'reason' in love? Commander Adama tells his subordinates that he loves them. He asks Chief Tyrol if one could love a machine. Ultimately, Commander Adama wipes over Galactica-Sharon's body because he loved her.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*This episode's opening credits marks the return of the "blipvert" effect used in the first season episodes, which Ron D. Moore uses as an homage to "Space: 1999." <br />
*As of the opening credits, the fleet population is now 47,857, a net loss of 4 since "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]". This reflects the deaths of four civilians on board the [[Gideon]] in that episode, but apparently not that of Boomer. Was she removed from the count immediately after her assassination attempt?<br />
*According to [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]], this episode takes place "a week" after Apollo docked at ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' in the last episode, although apparently Adama hasn't been well enough to resume command until very recently.<br />
*24 ships, almost a third of the Fleet, have left with Roslin for Kobol.<br />
**This would mean the total Fleet consisted of over 72 ships. In the [[Miniseries]], there are only about 40 FTL-capable ships able to rendezvous with ''Galactica'' at [[Ragnar Anchorage]]. This continuity error is similar to the 500-1500 prisoner error. ([[Bastille Day]] and [[Miniseries]])<br />
*Boomer's body is now in the morgue.<br />
*Number Six mentioned that "procreation is one of God's commandments" in the first episode, "[[33]]." This could mean that the Cylons are trying to procreate out of a feeling that they are sinning by not being able to have children on their own.<br />
*The concept of women connected to machines for the purposes of controlled reproduction is a venerable one in science fiction; the [[Wikipedia:Dune universe|Dune universe]] showcases a classic example where a specific political and religious faction (the [[Wikipedia:Bene Tleilax|Bene Tleilax]]) uses the technology to produce clones.<br />
*Helo and Caprica-Valerii's child is the first Human/Cylon hybrid conceived in love, and as a result appears to be the first and only successful hybrid; it seems that no other embryo survived nearly as long as it already has (it is now about five weeks old, since its conception in "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]").<br />
*Boomer served aboard ''Galactica'' for two years, which means the Cylons had begun infiltrating Colonial society from at least that long ago. This matches the length of time of Six's affair with Baltar while on Caprica, suggesting that Humanoid Cylon infiltration occurred around two years prior to the events of the miniseries.<br />
*According to Simon's study (either from a Cylon dossier on Thrace or from medical exams) Starbuck was the victim of frequent physical abuse as a child; she's suffered many bone fractures in childhood, and all of her fingers have been broken at some point. This is consistant with the comments made by Leoben Conoy to Starbuck during their interrogation scenes. [[Flesh and Bone]]<br />
*Caprica-Valerii is aware of [[Leoben Conoy]] #2's interrogation by Starbuck in "[[Flesh and Bone]]," even of specific things he said during it, suggesting that Humanoid Cylons sometimes have a collective knowledgebase (''not'' a collective consciousness; see "[[Downloaded]]" for this confirmation) to occasionally draw from. This is supported by Boomer's information to [[Gaius Baltar]] of the number of Humanoid Cylons remaining in the Fleet in "[[Resistance]]," as only such a knowledgebase would allow Boomer to know of this data. <br />
*This episode introduces the fifth confirmed [[Humanoid Cylon]], [[Simon]].<br />
*According to a deleted scene, this episode takes place a week after "[[Fragged]]."<br />
*After the final commercial break, as Simon enters Starbuck's room (right before she stabs him) you can see that her room is number "254". Not so coincidentally, this scene takes place in Season 2, episode #5, and this is the start of Act #4.<br />
*Starbuck has the last line in this episode: "Let's go [[Home,_Part_I|home]]!"<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*''Cylons discussing the surgical testing they are performing on Starbuck'':<br />
:'''Simon:''' ...pending lab test results on ovaries, complete removal will proceed tomorrow. They've lab tested positive and subject will be removed to processing facility for final disposition.<br />
:'''Number Six:''' Is that regret I hear in your voice, Simon?<br />
:'''Simon:''' If it is, it certainly is none of your concern.<br />
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*''Explanation of the Human/Cylon hybrid project:''<br />
:'''Valerii:''' They were conducting research, into Human/Cylon breeding programs.<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' Human/Cylon?<br />
:'''Helo:''' 'Call them "Farms"...your gunshot wound looks fine...<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' So "Farms", that's great...what were they going to do, 'knock me up with some Cylon kid?<br />
:'''Valerii:''' They were going to try to. We haven't been very successful so far. <br />
:'''Anders:''' Supposedly they can't reproduce...you know, ''biologically'', so they've been trying every which-way to produce offspring.<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' Why?<br />
:'''Valerii:''' Procreation. It's one of God's commandments; "be fruitful". We can't fulfill it, we've tried. So we decided--<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' To rape human women?!<br />
:'''Valerii:''' You know, if you agreed to bear children it would be voluntary, maybe even set you up with someone you like.<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' And you two kids? (looking at Helo and Caprica-Sharon)<br />
:'''Valerii:''' We're different.<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' What the frak is that supposed to mean?<br />
:'''Helo:''' They have this theory; maybe the one thing they were missing was '''love'''. So Sharon and I...were set up...<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' To fall in love?! They didn't ask [[Sue-Shaun]] if she wanted to fall in love, alright! They put a tube in her, and they hooked her up to a machine!<br />
:'''Valerii:''' They know who you are, Kara. You're special. Leoben told you that. You have a destiny. <br />
:'''Helo:''' (pointing out the other scar on Starbuck's lower abdomen) Starbuck what's the second scar?<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' I don't know. I don't think I want to know now. You know?<br />
:'''Valerii:''' No.<br />
:'''Anders:''' Alright, how many women do they have in these "Farms"?<br />
:'''Valerii:''' Hundreds, maybe thousands. I don't know, I haven't accessed that data.<br />
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*''Adama wonders aloud about the nature of Cylons and humans''<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' I don't believe she [Cally] was in her right mind when she shot Boomer--<br />
:'''Adama:''' Did you love her, Chief?<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' 'Scuse me?<br />
:'''Adama:''' Boomer. Did you love her?<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' Thought I did.<br />
:'''Adama:''' Well, when you think you love somebody, you love them. That's what love is. Thoughts... She was a Cylon. A machine! Is that what Boomer was, a machine? A thing?<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' That's what she turned out to be.<br />
:'''Adama:''' She was more than that to us. She was more than that to me. She was a vital, living person aboard my ship for almost two years! She couldn't have been just a machine. Could you love a machine?<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' No, sir. Guess I couldn't have.<br />
:'''Adama:''' Cally discharged a firearm without permission, endangering life of her fellow shipmate. 30 days in the brig. Dismissed.<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' Thank you, sir.<br />
:'''Adama:''' You'll see her again, Chief.<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' Excuse me?<br />
:'''Adama:''' There are many copies. You'll see her again.<br />
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*''Simon, talking about Starbuck's reluctance to have children but also perhaps talking about the Cylons' view of themselves (and maybe the "human" Cylons).''<br />
:'''Simon:''' Children of abusive parents often fear passing along that abuse to their own children.<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]<br />
*[[Rick Worthy]] as [[Simon]]<br />
*[[Lornena Gale]] as [[Elosha]]<br />
*[[Tamara Lashley]] as [[Sue-Shaun]]<br />
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| image = Galacticafarm.jpg<br />
| title=The Farm<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=5<br />
| guests=[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
| writer=[[Carla Robinson]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Rod Hardy]]<br />
| production=205<br />
| rating= 2.0<br />
| US airdate=2005-08-12<br />
| UK airdate=2006-02-07<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| podcast = Y<br />
| population= 47857<br />
| oldpopulation= 47861<br />
| prev=[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]<br />
| next=[[Home, Part I]]<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''[[Kara Thrace]] is shot and wakes up in a remote hospital facility on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], and learns that her friendly doctor has his own plans for her future.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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=== On Caprica ===<br />
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*[[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]], [[Karl Agathon|Helo]], and two members of the Resistance ([[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and [[Sue-Shaun]], who were introduced in the last episode) devise a plan to escape from [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] by commandeering a [[Heavy Raider]] from a nearby airstrip. They will fit as many people as possible onto the craft, and will dispatch a rescue mission for the remainder upon return to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
*As the team is about to assault the airstrip, they are ambushed, and Thrace is hit by a bullet that grazes off her head and gets lodged in her abdomen. She loses consciousness.<br />
*Thrace wakes up in a hospital. She is being attended to by a doctor named [[Simon]], who tells her that she was brought into the hospital by Anders, and that Anders died from a shrapnel wound. Thrace is devastated.<br />
*Thrace spends the next few days conversing with Simon, who muses that women capable of bearing children are a rare "commodity" now that the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] have nuked the Colonies, and suggests that Thrace should consider giving birth to a child.<br />
*Simon speculates that Thrace's reluctance to have children stems from her mother having abused her when she was young, as evidenced by a pattern of fractures in her fingers. This topic upsets her.<br />
*Thrace wakes to discover a new scar on her abdomen. Simon tells her it's from an operation he did to stop some bleeding, but Thrace doesn't believe him, particularly after he calls her "Starbuck"--her pilot call sign, which she has never told him.<br />
*Thrace fakes sleep after crimping her intravenous drip filled with sedative. When Simon leaves, she follows him into the hallway, where she overhears him having a conversation with a copy of [[Number Six]] about the "complete removal" of her ovaries scheduled for the next day.<br />
*A short time later, Thrace stabs Simon with a broken mirror shard and escapes the room. Lurching around the deserted hospital, she stumbles upon a room full of semi-conscious women wired horrifically to machines. Among them is [[Sue-Shaun]], who begs Thrace to destroy the "baby machines" and end their misery. She obliges with a prayer, a pair of medical tongs, and a primal scream.<br />
*Thrace staggers outside, braining a Six model with a fire extinguisher in the process, only to find a another Simon standing there to greet her. At that moment, [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and the rest of the resistance emerge from the woods. They pepper Simon with bullets, but soon get bogged down in a firefight with a squad of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]]. A second rescue occurs in as many minutes: [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Valerii]] swoops down in a stolen Heavy Raider and blows the Centurions away.<br />
*Thrace relates her experiences in the hospital to the others. Valerii explains that the [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid Cylons]] have a flaw which renders them unable to reproduce biologically. The Cylons have been holding human women in "farms" to try to implant them with human/Cylon embryos. This effort has failed, however, leading the Cylons to believe that conception requires "love." Based on this theory, Valerii was able to conceive with Helo because of their love for each other.<br />
*Helo, Sharon, and Starbuck leave Caprica on the Heavy Raider. Starbuck promises [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] to return someday to rescue the Resistance. In the meantime, Anders says he will try to destroy as many farms as he can.<br />
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===On ''Galactica'' and In The Fleet===<br />
<br />
*Commander Adama returns to duty, and is greated by applause in [[CIC]]. He tells the crew that he loves them all.<br />
*To try to rally support to the president, Zarek wants [[Lee Adama]] to make a recording denouncing his father. Adama stops in the middle of it and says he can't go through with it. It's left to [[Laura Roslin]] to win over the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].<br />
* Roslin plays the "religious card." She transfers to the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' from where she transmits a message imploring the Fleet to follow her and the path the [[Lords of Kobol]] have set out for her. An infuriated and staunchly secular Adama doesn't board the ''Astral Queen'' because he thinks only three or four ships would seriously listen to her "religious nonsense." Instead, 24 ships ("almost a third of the Fleet") leave with her.<br />
*Cally is thrown in the brig for killing [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]], now known as a Humanoid Cylon and traitor. Chief Tyrol implores Commander Adama to release her, due to her trauma by events on Kobol. Adama gives her a light sentence of charging her with discharging a firearm without permission: Cally will spend only one month in the brig.<br />
*Adama asks Tyrol if he could love Boomer despite the fact that she was a machine. Tyrol isn't quite sure, but it becomes apparent that Adama is asking himself the question as much as he is Tyrol; Adama loved all of his pilots like his children. <br />
*Adama visits Boomer's body in the morgue. He asks "Why?" then breaks down crying over her body.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
*Caprica-Valerii says that she knows that [[Leoben Conoy]] told Kara Thrace she was special during his interrogation aboard ''Galactica''. How could she have known this? How do the Humanoid Cylons communicate to each other?<br />
*Will we see Simon again? ([[Downloaded|Answer]]) Is he one of the eight Humanoid Cylons hiding in the Fleet?<br />
*How did Simon know Anders' name?<br />
*What did Kara whisper to Sue-Shaun before she "pulled the plug" on the Farm machinery?<br />
*Why does the Caprica resistance seem more concerned about Thrace's disappearance than Sue-Shaun's? Did Thrace's love interest generate the greater concern?<br />
*Could Commander Adama's evident grief upon viewing the corpse of Boomer in the ship's morgue mean that they were personally involved at some point? Or, perhaps, did the level of humanity that Boomer showed cause Adama to mourn her loss as he would a daughter or daughter-figure such as Kara Thrace? <br />
*Would any viable embryos harvested by the Cylons be accelerated into mature adults or placed ''in vitro'' into a host? Would the host be Cylon or human? ([[Hera|Answer]], [[A Measure of Salvation|Result of Answer]])<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*What exactly did the Cylons do to Thrace's ovaries? Simon tells Six: "...pending lab test results on sample for ovaries, complete removal will proceed tomorrow". Starbuck escapes right after this, which means that the opportunity to "completely remove" her ovaries did not occur. This suggests at the very least that Starbuck can still have children. However, female humans only have '''two''' ovaries: how can you have a "sample" one? The sample could just mean that Simon took several eggs from one of Starbuck's ovaries to see if they were viable for conceiving children. <br />
*It would seem that the Cylons at least obtained several sample egg cells from Starbuck. Will this lead to developments later on? <br />
*In Ron D. Moore's blog entry for October 14, 2005, after finishing the last scripts for season two he jokingly says he has "the reward of time spent thinking about something besides Kara's missing ovaries ("Now, where did I leave those ovaries? They were right here a minute ago...") ". What is meant by this?<br />
*Love serves as a theme in this episode. First, we find out how important love is for the Cylons: it is considered essential for Cylon procreation. In the first episode, Number Six asked Dr. Baltar several times if he loved her. Number Six also said that "God is love". That was after she tried to conceive from him. Love is also the reason Sharon aids Helo and the reason Helo accepts her help. Also we hear that Starbuck was abused as a child. In the last episode she said that everyone seems to fight to get their old life back and she fights because it's all she knows how to do. In this episode she seems to develop affections to Anders. Will Starbuck find 'reason' in love? Commander Adama tells his subordinates that he loves them. He asks Chief Tyrol if one could love a machine. Ultimately, Commander Adama wipes over Galactica-Sharon's body because he loved her.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*This episode's opening credits marks the return of the "blipvert" effect used in the first season episodes, which Ron D. Moore uses as an homage to "Space: 1999." <br />
*As of the opening credits, the fleet population is now 47,857, a net loss of 4 since "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]". This reflects the deaths of four civilians on board the [[Gideon]] in that episode, but apparently not that of Boomer. Was she removed from the count immediately after her assassination attempt?<br />
*According to [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]], this episode takes place "a week" after Apollo docked at ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' in the last episode, although apparently Adama hasn't been well enough to resume command until very recently.<br />
*24 ships, almost a third of the Fleet, have left with Roslin for Kobol.<br />
**This would mean the total Fleet consisted of over 72 ships. In the [[Miniseries]], there are only about 40 FTL-capable ships able to rendezvous with ''Galactica'' at [[Ragnar Anchorage]]. This continuity error is similar to the 500-1500 prisoner error. ([[Bastille Day]] and [[Miniseries]])<br />
*Boomer's body is now in the morgue.<br />
*Number Six mentioned that "procreation is one of God's commandments" in the first episode, "[[33]]." This could mean that the Cylons are trying to procreate out of a feeling that they are sinning by not being able to have children on their own.<br />
*The concept of women connected to machines for the purposes of controlled reproduction is a venerable one in science fiction; the [[Wikipedia:Dune universe|Dune universe]] showcases a classic example where a specific political and religious faction (the [[Wikipedia:Bene Tleilax|Bene Tleilax]]) uses the technology to produce clones.<br />
*Helo and Caprica-Valerii's child is the first Human/Cylon hybrid conceived in love, and as a result appears to be the first and only successful hybrid; it seems that no other embryo survived nearly as long as it already has (it is now about five weeks old, since its conception in "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]").<br />
*Boomer served aboard ''Galactica'' for two years, which means the Cylons had begun infiltrating Colonial society from at least that long ago. This matches the length of time of Six's affair with Baltar while on Caprica, suggesting that Humanoid Cylon infiltration occurred around two years prior to the events of the miniseries.<br />
*According to Simon's study (either from a Cylon dossier on Thrace or from medical exams) Starbuck was the victim of frequent physical abuse as a child; she's suffered many bone fractures in childhood, and all of her fingers have been broken at some point. This is consistant with the comments made by Leoben Conoy to Starbuck during their interrogation scenes. [[Flesh and Bone]]<br />
*Caprica-Valerii is aware of [[Leoben Conoy]] #2's interrogation by Starbuck in "[[Flesh and Bone]]," even of specific things he said during it, suggesting that Humanoid Cylons sometimes have a collective knowledgebase (''not'' a collective consciousness; see "[[Downloaded]]" for this confirmation) to occasionally draw from. This is supported by Boomer's information to [[Gaius Baltar]] of the number of Humanoid Cylons remaining in the Fleet in "[[Resistance]]," as only such a knowledgebase would allow Boomer to know of this data. <br />
*This episode introduces the fifth confirmed [[Humanoid Cylon]], [[Simon]].<br />
*According to a deleted scene, this episode takes place a week after "[[Fragged]]."<br />
*After the final commercial break, as Simon enters Starbuck's room (right before she stabs him) you can see that her room is number "254". Not so coincidentally, this scene takes place in Season 2, episode #5, and this is the start of Act #4.<br />
*Starbuck has the last line in this episode: "Let's go [[Home,_Part_I|home]]!"<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*''Cylons discussing the surgical testing they are performing on Starbuck'':<br />
:'''Simon:''' ...pending lab test results on ovaries, complete removal will proceed tomorrow. They've lab tested positive and subject will be removed to processing facility for final disposition.<br />
:'''Number Six:''' Is that regret I hear in your voice, Simon?<br />
:'''Simon:''' If it is, it certainly is none of your concern.<br />
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*''Explanation of the Human/Cylon hybrid project:''<br />
:'''Valerii:''' They were conducting research, into Human/Cylon breeding programs.<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' Human/Cylon?<br />
:'''Helo:''' 'Call them "Farms"...your gunshot wound looks fine...<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' So "Farms", that's great...what were they going to do, 'knock me up with some Cylon kid?<br />
:'''Valerii:''' They were going to try to. We haven't been very successful so far. <br />
:'''Anders:''' Supposedly they can't reproduce...you know, ''biologically'', so they've been trying every which-way to produce offspring.<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' Why?<br />
:'''Valerii:''' Procreation. It's one of God's commandments; "be fruitful". We can't fulfill it, we've tried. So we decided--<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' To rape human women?!<br />
:'''Valerii:''' You know, if you agreed to bear children it would be voluntary, maybe even set you up with someone you like.<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' And you two kids? (looking at Helo and Caprica-Sharon)<br />
:'''Valerii:''' We're different.<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' What the frak is that supposed to mean?<br />
:'''Helo:''' They have this theory; maybe the one thing they were missing was '''love'''. So Sharon and I...were set up...<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' To fall in love?! They didn't ask [[Sue-Shaun]] if she wanted to fall in love, alright! They put a tube in her, and they hooked her up to a machine!<br />
:'''Valerii:''' They know who you are, Kara. You're special. Leoben told you that. You have a destiny. <br />
:'''Helo:''' (pointing out the other scar on Starbuck's lower abdomen) Starbuck what's the second scar?<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' I don't know. I don't think I want to know now. You know?<br />
:'''Valerii:''' No.<br />
:'''Anders:''' Alright, how many women do they have in these "Farms"?<br />
:'''Valerii:''' Hundreds, maybe thousands. I don't know, I haven't accessed that data.<br />
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*''Adama wonders aloud about the nature of Cylons and humans''<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' I don't believe she [Cally] was in her right mind when she shot Boomer--<br />
:'''Adama:''' Did you love her, Chief?<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' 'Scuse me?<br />
:'''Adama:''' Boomer. Did you love her?<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' Thought I did.<br />
:'''Adama:''' Well, when you think you love somebody, you love them. That's what love is. Thoughts... She was a Cylon. A machine! Is that what Boomer was, a machine? A thing?<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' That's what she turned out to be.<br />
:'''Adama:''' She was more than that to us. She was more than that to me. She was a vital, living person aboard my ship for almost two years! She couldn't have been just a machine. Could you love a machine?<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' No, sir. Guess I couldn't have.<br />
:'''Adama:''' Cally discharged a firearm without permission, endangering life of her fellow shipmate. 30 days in the brig. Dismissed.<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' Thank you, sir.<br />
:'''Adama:''' You'll see her again, Chief.<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' Excuse me?<br />
:'''Adama:''' There are many copies. You'll see her again.<br />
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*''Simon, talking about Starbuck's reluctance to have children but also perhaps talking about the Cylons' view of themselves (and maybe the "human" Cylons).''<br />
:'''Simon:''' Children of abusive parents often fear passing along that abuse to their own children.<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally]]<br />
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]<br />
*[[Tamara Lashley]] as [[Sue-Shaun]]<br />
*[[Rick Worthy]] as [[Simon]]<br />
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| title= Resistance<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=4<br />
| guests=[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
| writer=[[Toni Graphia]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Alan Kroeker]]<br />
| production= 204<br />
| rating= 1.9<br />
| US airdate=2005-08-05<br />
| UK airdate=2006-01-31<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| podcast = Y<br />
| population= 47861<br />
| oldpopulation= 47862<br />
| prev=[[Fragged]]<br />
| next=[[The Farm]]<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''Riots break out in [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] over Tigh's declaration of martial law, and a group of ''Galactica'' crewmembers led by [[Lee Adama]] smuggle [[Laura Roslin]] out of the brig and into [[Tom Zarek]]'s hands. Meanwhile, [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon]] fall in with a group of humans who survive on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] and started a resistance movement.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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=== On ''Galactica'' ===<br />
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*After returning to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' (after being rescued from [[Kobol]] in the last episode, [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] is arrested and interrogated by [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], who believes that Tyrol may be a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]. Although Tyrol states otherwise, Tigh believes that, because of the Chief's relationship with [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]], now a known Humanoid Cylon, he can't be trusted. Tyrol is then put into the same brig as Valerii, and warns her to stay away.<br />
*[[Gaius Baltar]] is questioned by [[Cally]] on why no one will help Tyrol. Baltar lies by telling her that his [[Cylon detector]] was flawed, and that he will try to prove that Tyrol is innocent. Cally threatens to reveal what he did to [[Crashdown]] if he doesn't help her.<br />
*After arriving in [[CIC]], Baltar is questioned by Tigh on why the Cylon detector failed to screen out Valerii. Baltar makes up an convenient technical excuse that Tigh dismisses as so much [[technobabble]]. The acting commander orders Baltar to test Tyrol. When Baltar suggests he should assume the role of acting president if [[Laura Roslin]] is incapacitated, Tigh tells him he has no power under martial law.<br />
*Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] alerts Tigh to a number of ships in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] that refuse to supply ''Galactica'' with food, water, and [[tylium]], and also protest [[Laura Roslin]]'s incarceration.<br />
*On his way to the brig, [[Lee Adama]] meets [[Anastasia Dualla]] in the hall, who tells him that [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] is still sedated, and that there is a lot of protest and dissention within the Fleet. Dualla also tells young Adama that Tigh's alcohol problem is spinning out of control.<br />
*In his quarters, Tigh tries to figure out a way to get the needed supplies from the protesting ships. [[Ellen Tigh]] tells him that he needs to assert his authority by belittling him. This prompts Tigh to send a stern warning to the other ships, warning them to either resupply ''Galactica'' or face consequences.<br />
*In the brig, Captain Adama tells Roslin that she still holds significant influence on some members of the Fleet (as evidenced by her growing relationship with Corporal [[Venner]]), which prompts Roslin to state something bad is going to happen in the Fleet.<br />
*With the supply ships still refusing to supply ''Galactica'', Tigh orders squadrons of Colonial [[Marines]] to board the ships and take the supplies by any means necessary.<br />
*On the transport ship ''[[Gideon]]'', a group of Marines, led by Lt. [[Joe Palladino|Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino]], attempt to take food supplies off the ship. The civilians grow angrier and fight the troops. A noise that sounds like a gunshot is heard, and the marines fire on the crowd in response, killing 4 civilians.<br />
*Tigh realizes that he has made a bigger mess out of the supply problem. The riot prompts Roslin to realize that this action will splinter the Fleet, which will make them easy targets for the Cylons. Roslin tells Captain Adama that she needs to leave ''Galactica'' as soon as possible. Adama tells her he will come along and has also figured out a way to get off the ship.<br />
*Tigh tells his wife that he is not fit for command, and he knows that she was manipulating him into using strong-arm tactics to resupply ''Galactica''. Ellen tells her husband that if she didn't motivate him, he would never stop drinking, which prompts Ellen and Tigh to start fighting, but instead, they start making love.<br />
*In the brig, Boomer tells Tyrol that she still loves him, but Tyrol dismisses her. Baltar enters the room to test Tyrol to prove he is really human. When injected with a syringe, Tyrol goes into a state of shock from a toxin that Baltar uses. He tells Boomer that he covered up her true nature as a Cylon from the rest of the Fleet, and that if she wants to save Tyrol, she must reveal how many Humanoid Cylons remain in [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]]. Under duress, Valerii tells Baltar that there are eight other Cylons in the Fleet. Baltar revives Tyrol.<br />
*Captain Adama begins the escape plan, closing down a causeway on the ship for maintenance, securing a [[Raptor]] with which to leave the ship, and bringing Roslin from the brig to the shuttle bay, along with [[Elosha]]. When Roslin tells [[Billy Keikeya]] to board the ship, he tells her that he will be staying behind, because he does not want to be part of a civil war.<br />
*On the bridge, Tigh learns that Captain Adama and Roslin have escaped on a Raptor authorized to launch for use by Dr. [[Cottle]]. Despite the chance to destroy the ship, Tigh holds the fire order on the Raptor, which escapes to ''[[Cloud Nine]]''.<br />
*Upon arriving on ''Cloud Nine'', Roslin learns that Captain Adama has enlisted the help of [[Tom Zarek]] to hide within the Fleet until they can muster enough support to overthrow ''Galactica''.<br />
*As Ellen complains to her husband for not firing on Captain Adama, Commander Adama arrives in the room, having recovered enough to walk and move again, and asks what's happened on the ship. Tigh tells Adama that he messed things up badly, and Adama tells Tigh that they will fix the problem together. Ellen Tigh, in the meanwhile, leaves the room on Adama's request, her hand grasping harshly at the door frame in apparent frustration in the change of events as she leaves.<br />
*Tyrol is released from his cell. Baltar tells him that Boomer will be sent to new, fortified cell for testing. As Boomer is led down the corridor, as she heckled and yelled at by crew members, Cally steps from in the crowd and shoots Valerii point-blank in the abdomen. As Cally is taken into custody, the dying Boomer tells Tyrol she loves him, and passes away.<br />
[[Image:Resistance-Anders_Starbuck.jpg|Starbuck and Anders playing a game of pyramid.|thumb]]<br />
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=== On Caprica ===<br />
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*[[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] are lost in the wilderness, and are subsequently shot at by a group of humans. It eventually leads to a standoff between the two groups, but Starbuck manages to convince the humans that they are not Cylons. When asked about their identities, Helo recognizes the group as members of a [[pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] team called the [[Caprica Buccaneers]].<br />
*The pyramid team-turned-resistance fighters have been attacking the Cylons and stealing supplies from them for weeks. They escaped the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] as they were away for training in the remote mountains at the time.<br />
*The Buccaneers take Helo and Starbuck to an [[Delphi Union High School|abandoned high school]], where they stay for the night. Starbuck, intrigued, challenges the leader of the group, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]], to a game of pyramid.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*What will Commander Adama do to resolve the crisis now that he has regained consciousness? ([[Home, Part I|Answer 1]] and [[Home, Part II|Answer 2]].)<br />
*What will happen to President Roslin, now on the run? ([[Home, Part I|Answer 1]] and [[Home, Part II|Answer 2]].)<br />
*What will happen to Cally now that she has killed Boomer? ([[The Farm|Answer 1]] and [[Flight of the Phoenix|Answer 2]])<br />
*Could the fact that Cally shoots ''Galactica''-Boomer mean that Cally is a Cylon?<br />
*Could Boomer return to the show, to be reunited with Chief Tyrol, after having her consciousness transferred to another body? ([[Downloaded|Answer 1]] and [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer 2]])<br />
*Chief Tyrol mentions that he once served aboard battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''; will this be significant when the ''Pegasus'' is discovered by ''Galactica''? (When he gets in trouble, [[Pegasus (episode)|the answer appears to be "no."]])<br />
*When was the survivor count updated to include the deaths of [[Tarn]] and [[Socinus]] on [[Kobol]]? Clearly not after the survivors were returned to ''Galactica'', or the decrement between this episode and the last would be 3, not 1. Did the decrement of 1 between "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]" refer to [[Tarn]]'s death, or to [[Flyboy]]'s before the opening credits?<br />
*Eight ships in total refuse to resupply ''Galactica''. Tigh orders "a Raptor and an armed marine boarding party for every ship refusing the resupply order." Gaeta explains that they are short on manpower, but says nothing about equipment shortages. A caption then identifies "''Galactica'' Boarding Party Six". Is it possible that ''Galactica'' was able to deploy eight Raptors following the destruction of two in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", and the scrapping of an additional Raptor in "[[Fragged]]" (which in that episode was necessary to muster even two Raptors)? Were the boarding parties deployed sequentially, not simultaneously? If so, why would manpower shortage be a concern?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
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*Continuing from the events of last episode, "[[Fragged]]," Cally has indeed threatened Dr. Baltar with revealing that he [[Wikipedia:Frag (military)|fragged]] [[Crashdown]] in return for demanding that he help Chief Tyrol.<br />
*Baltar has a working [[Cylon detector]] ([[Flesh and Bone]]) and access to blood samples from every Colonial in the Fleet. It could well be that he already knows how many Cylon infiltrators are in the fleet, and was actually testing Boomer to see if she did, too. Before Cally shot her, he was intending to interrogate her further -- perhaps this was a trial run of the method he intended to use to extract vital information from her subconscious?<br />
**However, Baltar told Six that it would take around 60 years to test everyone in the Fleet because one person's complete test would take 11 hours; he doesn't know how many are in the fleet.<br />
***It takes him less than two minutes to determine Boomer's true nature in "[[Flesh and Bone]]". Whatever reason Baltar has for giving the 11 hour estimate clearly doesn't preclude him determining unambiguous positives in a more reasonable timeframe.<br />
***It has been (approximately, see timeline issues below) 26 days since "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", during which only one result was produced (for [[Ellen Tigh]]), minus the 3 days Baltar spent attending [[Quorum of Twelve|Quorum]] sessions and 2 days stranded on [[Kobol]]. The remaining 20 day period would only be sufficient to produce an additional 43 results. Tigh's chagrin that "no one's results are definitive" may imply that a substantially greater number have been produced.<br />
**As of "[[Home, Part I]]", this line of inquiry is somewhat moot. Baltar does not know the ''identity'' of the remaining Cylon infiltrators, and regrets not asking Boomer before her death.<br />
*[[Saul Tigh|Tigh]]'s authority on the ship appears to have grown more tenuous. Numerous officers and crew are now willing to actively assist in [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]]'s escape. [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]], Dr. [[Cottle]] and [[Lee Adama]] are all directly involved. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] assists indirectly by denying knowledge of the unusual transmissions detected prior to the jail break even after asking Dualla about them earlier.<br />
*[[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]], who we learned to know as a very correct officer, lies to Col. Tigh when he asks for any unusual transmissions after President Roslin's escape.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*As of the opening credits, the fleet population is now 47,861, reflecting the death of [[Crashdown]] in "[[Fragged]]".<br />
** Does (or will) this count discriminate between humans and Cylons? Was Boomer ever removed from this count?<br />
*This episode gave no direct indication of its date. All the first season episodes identified the date during their Caprica segments, and the first three episodes of this season have taken place on the same day as "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". There are a few possible indicators of time elapsed:<br />
**Tyrol is in a holding cell. He apparently hasn't been there for long, and his arm is still in a sling.<br />
**Baltar's numerous facial cuts and scrapes are still somewhat visible.<br />
**Apollo has been gone from the officer's card game long enough to be missed. His last game was on Day 50.<br />
**Apollo asks Dualla how his father is doing "this morning", and Dualla's response implies that this is at least the second time he's asked her. His first opportunity to do so would have been on the morning of Day 52. [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s [[podcast]] says that this conversation has been a "routine happening each day", i.e., more than twice. This puts this episode at Day 54 at least.<br />
**In the episode "[[Final Cut]]", we learn that Tigh was in command for "over a week", which unfortunately tells little - the next episode, where Adama finally resumes command, takes place "the next week" after this one.<br />
* Boomer dies in this episode, shot by [[Cally]]. There is still the Valerii copy on Caprica, which will reappear in the next episode, and in later episodes be taken aboard ''Galactica'' ([[Home, Part II]]).<br />
**Boomer dies in a manner that mirrors what happened to [[Wikipedia:Lee Harvey Oswald|Lee Harvey Oswald]] (the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy). Oswald himself is shot at point blank range by a man named [[Wikipedia:Jack Ruby|Jack Ruby]] while being transferred to another prison. According to an [http://www.spankwagon.net/audio/std/STD-2005-08-24.mp3 interview] with Aaron Douglas, the scene was intentionally meant to resemble the infamous video of Ruby shooting Oswald: before it was shot, all of the Marine and crew extras were shown the Ruby video, and instructed to copy the reactions of specific guards in the video to make the scene more closely resemble the assasination.<br />
*The shooting on the ''Gideon'' was inspired by the [[Wikipedia:Kent State shootings|Kent State Shootings]]. Some have also stated that it is somewhat similar to the [[Wikipedia:Boston Massacre|Boston Massacre]], which helped spark the [[Wikipedia:American Revolutionary War|American Revolutionary War]]. [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s podcast says that this scene was directly inspired by the Boston Massacre. A group of armed soldiers, not trained or equipped as riot police, are being pelted with objects (albeit non-lethal ones) by a hostile crowd and react with the training and equipment that they have when a threat is perceived.<br />
*Tigh accusing Chief Tyrol of being a Cylon is reminiscent of the communist witch hunts of the McCarthy era.<br />
*If Boomer is to be believed, there are eight more Cylons hiding in the Fleet. It has already been established that there are only 12 Cylons models in existence, and four have already been revealed in the Fleet ([[Shelly Godfrey]], [[Leoben Conoy]], [[Aaron Doral]], and now [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]), so each of the as-yet-unknown models may have a representative copy hiding in the Fleet. (Three new Cylon infiltrators, one found on [[The Farm|Caprica]], and one [[D'anna Biers|female]] and [[Cavil|male]] have been identified to viewers since this episode.)<br />
**Boomer produced this number under extreme duress. It is possible that she simply fabricated it, or that Baltar was relying on "God" to produce it for her, as he himself did in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]". Furthermore, Balter counts down "10, 9" stopping before 8.<br />
**Baltar asserted during the scene that Boomer had the information in her subconscious, so this may have been a way of producing it from extreme duress.<br />
*Commander Adama has regained consciousness.<br />
*There is a small resistance movement on Caprica comprising as of now 53 people, and [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] have joined up with them.<br />
*Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] has been serving on battlestars since he was 18. Other battlestars he has served on include the ''[[Columbia]]'', ''[[Atlantia]]'', and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''.<br />
**According to an interview on [http://www.spankwagon.net/audio/std/STD-2005-08-24.mp3 Subject2Discussion], actor Aaron Douglas (who plays Tyrol) said that a connection between this line, and the later arrival of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', never occurred to him until a fan asked him about it at a convention after the episode had aired. Douglas is unaware if the writers intended any further backstory behind this for Tyrol, or if they were just throwing out battlestar names.<br />
**Taking Adama's comments from "[[Litmus]]" and his dossier seen in "[[Hero]]" into concideration, Tyrol also served on the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'' but neglected to mention it.<br />
*First mention of the battlestar ''Pegasus'' in the Re-imagined Series.<br />
*First time that Chief Tyrol's first name, "Galen", has been spoken on screen. Previously it was only known from an entry in Ron D. Moore's blog.<br />
*Baltar's Six considers the term "[[toaster]]" to be a "racial epithet".<br />
*Apollo can pilot a Raptor. He brought a pilot along with him in "[[Fragged]]".<br />
*"[[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]]" Costanza is now leading [[Combat Air Patrol]]s.<br />
*This episode introduces a conspiracy to free Laura Roslin from imprisonment. (see; [[Laura Roslin faction]])<br />
*One of ''Galactica's'' Raptors is aboard ''[[Cloud Nine]]''. It was all ''Galactica'' could do to muster two Raptors in "[[Fragged]]", although they had four in operation earlier that day in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". Will ''Cloud Nine'' return the vehicle, and if not, will this further hamper ''Galactica's'' ability to deploy marines within the Fleet?<br />
*[[Tylium]] is used to fuel the maneuvering thrusters on the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] craft, as well as the FTL engines for the rest of the fleet.<br />
*The background music in the scene where Lee Adama says goodbye to his unconscious father is a faint echo of "Wander my Friends", the victory music from "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]".<br />
*Dualla has indicated that she would prefer him to be in command, as opposed to the frequently inebriated Tigh. She also casts a friendlier-than-usual glance at Apollo's backside as he is escorted to the brig.<br />
*Col. Tigh derides Dr. Baltar for using "[[Technobabble|technobabble]]" pseudoscientific explanations frequently used on RDM's old ''"[[Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]"'' series.<br />
*Six and Ellen Tigh are both blonds who drive the men to action by whispering over their shoulders.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''Baltar tries to explain the failure of his Cylon detector:''<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' What the hell's the matter with your Cylon detector, doctor? You gave the assassin a pass.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' Yes, but that was a beta test. A preliminary. Clearly I've perfected my methodology and she slipped through.<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' So what the hell are you telling me here, that we are back to square one? That no one's results are definitive?<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' No, I am-<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' That we have no way of knowing who are the Cylons among us?<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' -not saying that, since Valerii's test- since the assassin's test I've developed a new set of protocols which should eliminate any errors - anomalies - that popped up earlier. Look, if you let me test the chief's blood, I might be able to tell once and for all if-<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' No "if"! I want a definitive answer, no more of your weaselly [[technobabble]]. He's a Cylon or he's not. So get down there and do something right for a change.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar''': I am the Vice President. Legally speaking, if the President is incapacitated, shouldn't I take over her-<br />
:'''Saul Tigh''': Legally speaking, I have declared martial law, that makes you nobody.<br />
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* ''In ''Galactica's'' brig, Tyrol is led into a cell with Sharon Valerii:''<br />
:'''Sharon Valerii:''' (crying) Chief? I thought you were on Kobol?<br />
:(Tyrol is shoved into the cell, and Sharon tries to hug him)<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' Don't you talk to me. Don't come near me. Don't even touch me. If you do, I will kill you.<br />
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* ''In one of ''Galactica's'' corridors:''<br />
:'''Cally:''' They locked the Chief up with Boomer. Tigh thinks he's a Cylon.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' I know. I'm going to see the Colonel now. If anyone's going to find a way to clear the Chief, or...<br />
:'''Cally:''' Or what? Throw him out the airlock like a piece of garbage? If Commander Adama were in charge, this would have never happened.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' Yes, but he's not in charge, is he?<br />
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* ''Chief Tyrol has been wrongly accued of being a Cylon, and Cally pleads with Baltar for help:''<br />
:'''Cally:''' I've known the Chief for years. He's no Toaster! <br />
:'''Baltar:''' He was involved with Lieutenant Valerii, who most certainly is a Toaster. <br />
:'''Number Six:''' That word is racist! I don't like it! <br />
:'''Cally:''' Sure...he's shown some bad judgment getting involved with her. But that doesn't mean he's a Toaster. You've got to help him. <br />
:'''Number Six:''' Say something, Gaius. Tell her you won't have racial epithets used in your presence! <br />
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* ''Mechanics are building a new brig cell to imprison suspected Cylons:''<br />
:'''Cally:''' They're putting the Chief in there, you know. <br />
:'''Jammer:''' I don't care if they put a giant parakeet in here. Colonel says build a cell, we build a cell. <br />
:'''Cally:''' This isn't right. He's one of us! <br />
:'''Jammer:''' No, he's one of them. He always was. We just never saw it. <br />
:'''Cally:''' No, he's innocent! She tricked him! <br />
:'''Jammer:''' Wow, such loyalty. Were you fracking him too? (Cally slams Jammer into a wall, then punches him in the face. Hard) You want to get pissed at someone, you get pissed at Boomer! She's the one who put the Chief in the cell here, not us! <br />
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* ''After Lee Adama and President Roslin arrive on ''Cloud Nine'':''<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Well, we're home free for now.<br />
:'''Tom Zarek:''' (standing in the hangar bay) Good to see you, Madam President.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' Captain Apollo, what is Mr. Zarek doing here?<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Once Tigh gets over his initial shock, he'll send troops out to search for us, and if we're going to make it, we have to keep on the move. I figured Mr. Zarek here is the only one in the fleet with enough shady friends around to hide us.<br />
:'''Tom Zarek:''' (to Laura) I love the way he puts that.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' Well, Mr. Zarek, it would seem that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.<br />
:'''Tom Zarek:''' Call me Tom.<br />
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* Galactica-''Sharon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s dying words:''<br />
:'''Sharon Valerii:''' I love you, Chief...<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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* '''[[Nicki Clyne]] comments on [[Cally]]'s motivations in shooting [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] from [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2384&Itemid=0 Scifibrain's March 17, 2006 interview]:'''<br />
*# I think Boomer represented all the things that were wrong for her at that time, including her relationship with [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]. So, I think she just saw Boomer as this symbol of what was wrong for her at the time. She couldn’t see any other way to deal with it.<br />
*# ''On whether or not Cally was guilty for killing [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]:'' That is a tough one, and I think about that a lot, because I don’t think it is right to kill anything. I don’t think it can ever be a positive feeling. At the time, she felt like there was no other way, and that was her only option, but I am sure upon reflection in the brig, or when she got back to work, that she saw how it affected Tyrol. That she, she shows a lot of wondering. There is actually a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)|scene that got cut]] [in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]"], but she finally approaches the Chief, when she is finally sick of him ignoring her, after she has gotten out of jail, she says, "If I had a chance, I would do it all over again."<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha]]<br />
*[[Chris Shields]] as Corporal [[Venner]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Dominic Zamprogna]] as [[James Lyman|James "Jammer" Lyman]]<br />
*[[Tamara Lashley]] as [[Sue-Shaun]]<br />
*[[Jeremy Guilbaut]] as Lt. [[Joe Palladino|Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino]]<br />
*[[Heather Doerksen]] as "Marine With A Sandwich"<br />
*[[Curtis Lee Hicks]] as "Marine Sergeant"<br />
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<div>:''This page covers the episode titled "Resistance." For other meanings, see "[[Resistance]]".'' <br />
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{{Episode Data<br />
| image = Sharondeath.jpg<br />
| title= Resistance<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=4<br />
| guests=[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
| writer=[[Toni Graphia]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Alan Kroeker]]<br />
| production= 204<br />
| rating= 1.9<br />
| US airdate=2005-08-05<br />
| UK airdate=2006-01-31<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| podcast = Y<br />
| population= 47861<br />
| oldpopulation= 47862<br />
| prev=[[Fragged]]<br />
| next=[[The Farm]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''Riots break out in [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] over Tigh's declaration of martial law, and a group of ''Galactica'' crewmembers led by [[Lee Adama]] smuggle [[Laura Roslin]] out of the brig and into [[Tom Zarek]]'s hands. Meanwhile, [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon]] fall in with a group of humans who survive on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] and started a resistance movement.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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=== On ''Galactica'' ===<br />
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*After returning to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' (after being rescued from [[Kobol]] in the last episode, [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] is arrested and interrogated by [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], who believes that Tyrol may be a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]. Although Tyrol states otherwise, Tigh believes that, because of the Chief's relationship with [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]], now a known Humanoid Cylon, he can't be trusted. Tyrol is then put into the same brig as Valerii, and warns her to stay away.<br />
*[[Gaius Baltar]] is questioned by [[Cally]] on why no one will help Tyrol. Baltar lies by telling her that his [[Cylon detector]] was flawed, and that he will try to prove that Tyrol is innocent. Cally threatens to reveal what he did to [[Crashdown]] if he doesn't help her.<br />
*After arriving in [[CIC]], Baltar is questioned by Tigh on why the Cylon detector failed to screen out Valerii. Baltar makes up an convenient technical excuse that Tigh dismisses as so much [[technobabble]]. The acting commander orders Baltar to test Tyrol. When Baltar suggests he should assume the role of acting president if [[Laura Roslin]] is incapacitated, Tigh tells him he has no power under martial law.<br />
*Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] alerts Tigh to a number of ships in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] that refuse to supply ''Galactica'' with food, water, and [[tylium]], and also protest [[Laura Roslin]]'s incarceration.<br />
*On his way to the brig, [[Lee Adama]] meets [[Anastasia Dualla]] in the hall, who tells him that [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] is still sedated, and that there is a lot of protest and dissention within the Fleet. Dualla also tells young Adama that Tigh's alcohol problem is spinning out of control.<br />
*In his quarters, Tigh tries to figure out a way to get the needed supplies from the protesting ships. [[Ellen Tigh]] tells him that he needs to assert his authority by belittling him. This prompts Tigh to send a stern warning to the other ships, warning them to either resupply ''Galactica'' or face consequences.<br />
*In the brig, Captain Adama tells Roslin that she still holds significant influence on some members of the Fleet (as evidenced by her growing relationship with Corporal [[Venner]]), which prompts Roslin to state something bad is going to happen in the Fleet.<br />
*With the supply ships still refusing to supply ''Galactica'', Tigh orders squadrons of Colonial [[Marines]] to board the ships and take the supplies by any means necessary.<br />
*On the transport ship ''[[Gideon]]'', a group of Marines, led by Lt. [[Joe Palladino|Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino]], attempt to take food supplies off the ship. The civilians grow angrier and fight the troops. A noise that sounds like a gunshot is heard, and the marines fire on the crowd in response, killing 4 civilians.<br />
*Tigh realizes that he has made a bigger mess out of the supply problem. The riot prompts Roslin to realize that this action will splinter the Fleet, which will make them easy targets for the Cylons. Roslin tells Captain Adama that she needs to leave ''Galactica'' as soon as possible. Adama tells her he will come along and has also figured out a way to get off the ship.<br />
*Tigh tells his wife that he is not fit for command, and he knows that she was manipulating him into using strong-arm tactics to resupply ''Galactica''. Ellen tells her husband that if she didn't motivate him, he would never stop drinking, which prompts Ellen and Tigh to start fighting, but instead, they start making love.<br />
*In the brig, Boomer tells Tyrol that she still loves him, but Tyrol dismisses her. Baltar enters the room to test Tyrol to prove he is really human. When injected with a syringe, Tyrol goes into a state of shock from a toxin that Baltar uses. He tells Boomer that he covered up her true nature as a Cylon from the rest of the Fleet, and that if she wants to save Tyrol, she must reveal how many Humanoid Cylons remain in [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]]. Under duress, Valerii tells Baltar that there are eight other Cylons in the Fleet. Baltar revives Tyrol.<br />
*Captain Adama begins the escape plan, closing down a causeway on the ship for maintenance, securing a [[Raptor]] with which to leave the ship, and bringing Roslin from the brig to the shuttle bay, along with [[Elosha]]. When Roslin tells [[Billy Keikeya]] to board the ship, he tells her that he will be staying behind, because he does not want to be part of a civil war.<br />
*On the bridge, Tigh learns that Captain Adama and Roslin have escaped on a Raptor authorized to launch for use by Dr. [[Cottle]]. Despite the chance to destroy the ship, Tigh holds the fire order on the Raptor, which escapes to ''[[Cloud Nine]]''.<br />
*Upon arriving on ''Cloud Nine'', Roslin learns that Captain Adama has enlisted the help of [[Tom Zarek]] to hide within the Fleet until they can muster enough support to overthrow ''Galactica''.<br />
*As Ellen complains to her husband for not firing on Captain Adama, Commander Adama arrives in the room, having recovered enough to walk and move again, and asks what's happened on the ship. Tigh tells Adama that he messed things up badly, and Adama tells Tigh that they will fix the problem together. Ellen Tigh, in the meanwhile, leaves the room on Adama's request, her hand grasping harshly at the door frame in apparent frustration in the change of events as she leaves.<br />
*Tyrol is released from his cell. Baltar tells him that Boomer will be sent to new, fortified cell for testing. As Boomer is led down the corridor, as she heckled and yelled at by crew members, Cally steps from in the crowd and shoots Valerii point-blank in the abdomen. As Cally is taken into custody, the dying Boomer tells Tyrol she loves him, and passes away.<br />
[[Image:Resistance-Anders_Starbuck.jpg|Starbuck and Anders playing a game of pyramid.|thumb]]<br />
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=== On Caprica ===<br />
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*[[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] are lost in the wilderness, and are subsequently shot at by a group of humans. It eventually leads to a standoff between the two groups, but Starbuck manages to convince the humans that they are not Cylons. When asked about their identities, Helo recognizes the group as members of a [[pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] team called the [[Caprica Buccaneers]].<br />
*The pyramid team-turned-resistance fighters have been attacking the Cylons and stealing supplies from them for weeks. They escaped the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] as they were away for training in the remote mountains at the time.<br />
*The Buccaneers take Helo and Starbuck to an [[Delphi Union High School|abandoned high school]], where they stay for the night. Starbuck, intrigued, challenges the leader of the group, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]], to a game of pyramid.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*What will Commander Adama do to resolve the crisis now that he has regained consciousness? ([[Home, Part I|Answer 1]] and [[Home, Part II|Answer 2]].)<br />
*What will happen to President Roslin, now on the run? ([[Home, Part I|Answer 1]] and [[Home, Part II|Answer 2]].)<br />
*What will happen to Cally now that she has killed Boomer? ([[The Farm|Answer 1]] and [[Flight of the Phoenix|Answer 2]])<br />
*Could the fact that Cally shoots ''Galactica''-Boomer mean that Cally is a Cylon?<br />
*Could Boomer return to the show, to be reunited with Chief Tyrol, after having her consciousness transferred to another body? ([[Downloaded|Answer 1]] and [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer 2]])<br />
*Chief Tyrol mentions that he once served aboard battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''; will this be significant when the ''Pegasus'' is discovered by ''Galactica''? (When he gets in trouble, [[Pegasus (episode)|the answer appears to be "no."]])<br />
*When was the survivor count updated to include the deaths of [[Tarn]] and [[Socinus]] on [[Kobol]]? Clearly not after the survivors were returned to ''Galactica'', or the decrement between this episode and the last would be 3, not 1. Did the decrement of 1 between "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]" refer to [[Tarn]]'s death, or to [[Flyboy]]'s before the opening credits?<br />
*Eight ships in total refuse to resupply ''Galactica''. Tigh orders "a Raptor and an armed marine boarding party for every ship refusing the resupply order." Gaeta explains that they are short on manpower, but says nothing about equipment shortages. A caption then identifies "''Galactica'' Boarding Party Six". Is it possible that ''Galactica'' was able to deploy eight Raptors following the destruction of two in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", and the scrapping of an additional Raptor in "[[Fragged]]" (which in that episode was necessary to muster even two Raptors)? Were the boarding parties deployed sequentially, not simultaneously? If so, why would manpower shortage be a concern?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
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*Continuing from the events of last episode, "[[Fragged]]," Cally has indeed threatened Dr. Baltar with revealing that he [[Wikipedia:Frag (military)|fragged]] [[Crashdown]] in return for demanding that he help Chief Tyrol.<br />
*Baltar has a working [[Cylon detector]] ([[Flesh and Bone]]) and access to blood samples from every Colonial in the Fleet. It could well be that he already knows how many Cylon infiltrators are in the fleet, and was actually testing Boomer to see if she did, too. Before Cally shot her, he was intending to interrogate her further -- perhaps this was a trial run of the method he intended to use to extract vital information from her subconscious?<br />
**However, Baltar told Six that it would take around 60 years to test everyone in the Fleet because one person's complete test would take 11 hours; he doesn't know how many are in the fleet.<br />
***It takes him less than two minutes to determine Boomer's true nature in "[[Flesh and Bone]]". Whatever reason Baltar has for giving the 11 hour estimate clearly doesn't preclude him determining unambiguous positives in a more reasonable timeframe.<br />
***It has been (approximately, see timeline issues below) 26 days since "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", during which only one result was produced (for [[Ellen Tigh]]), minus the 3 days Baltar spent attending [[Quorum of Twelve|Quorum]] sessions and 2 days stranded on [[Kobol]]. The remaining 20 day period would only be sufficient to produce an additional 43 results. Tigh's chagrin that "no one's results are definitive" may imply that a substantially greater number have been produced.<br />
**As of "[[Home, Part I]]", this line of inquiry is somewhat moot. Baltar does not know the ''identity'' of the remaining Cylon infiltrators, and regrets not asking Boomer before her death.<br />
*[[Saul Tigh|Tigh]]'s authority on the ship appears to have grown more tenuous. Numerous officers and crew are now willing to actively assist in [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]]'s escape. [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]], Dr. [[Cottle]] and [[Lee Adama]] are all directly involved. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] assists indirectly by denying knowledge of the unusual transmissions detected prior to the jail break even after asking Dualla about them earlier.<br />
*[[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]], who we learned to know as a very correct officer, lies to Col. Tigh when he asks for any unusual transmissions after President Roslin's escape.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*As of the opening credits, the fleet population is now 47,861, reflecting the death of [[Crashdown]] in "[[Fragged]]".<br />
** Does (or will) this count discriminate between humans and Cylons? Was Boomer ever removed from this count?<br />
*This episode gave no direct indication of its date. All the first season episodes identified the date during their Caprica segments, and the first three episodes of this season have taken place on the same day as "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". There are a few possible indicators of time elapsed:<br />
**Tyrol is in a holding cell. He apparently hasn't been there for long, and his arm is still in a sling.<br />
**Baltar's numerous facial cuts and scrapes are still somewhat visible.<br />
**Apollo has been gone from the officer's card game long enough to be missed. His last game was on Day 50.<br />
**Apollo asks Dualla how his father is doing "this morning", and Dualla's response implies that this is at least the second time he's asked her. His first opportunity to do so would have been on the morning of Day 52. [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s [[podcast]] says that this conversation has been a "routine happening each day", i.e., more than twice. This puts this episode at Day 54 at least.<br />
**In the episode "[[Final Cut]]", we learn that Tigh was in command for "over a week", which unfortunately tells little - the next episode, where Adama finally resumes command, takes place "the next week" after this one.<br />
* Boomer dies in this episode, shot by [[Cally]]. There is still the Valerii copy on Caprica, which will reappear in the next episode, and in later episodes be taken aboard ''Galactica'' ([[Home, Part II]]).<br />
**Boomer dies in a manner that mirrors what happened to [[Wikipedia:Lee Harvey Oswald|Lee Harvey Oswald]] (the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy). Oswald himself is shot at point blank range by a man named [[Wikipedia:Jack Ruby|Jack Ruby]] while being transferred to another prison. According to an [http://www.spankwagon.net/audio/std/STD-2005-08-24.mp3 interview] with Aaron Douglas, the scene was intentionally meant to resemble the infamous video of Ruby shooting Oswald: before it was shot, all of the Marine and crew extras were shown the Ruby video, and instructed to copy the reactions of specific guards in the video to make the scene more closely resemble the assasination.<br />
*The shooting on the ''Gideon'' was inspired by the [[Wikipedia:Kent State shootings|Kent State Shootings]]. Some have also stated that it is somewhat similar to the [[Wikipedia:Boston Massacre|Boston Massacre]], which helped spark the [[Wikipedia:American Revolutionary War|American Revolutionary War]]. [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s podcast says that this scene was directly inspired by the Boston Massacre. A group of armed soldiers, not trained or equipped as riot police, are being pelted with objects (albeit non-lethal ones) by a hostile crowd and react with the training and equipment that they have when a threat is perceived.<br />
*Tigh accusing Chief Tyrol of being a Cylon is reminiscent of the communist witch hunts of the McCarthy era.<br />
*If Boomer is to be believed, there are eight more Cylons hiding in the Fleet. It has already been established that there are only 12 Cylons models in existence, and four have already been revealed in the Fleet ([[Shelly Godfrey]], [[Leoben Conoy]], [[Aaron Doral]], and now [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]), so each of the as-yet-unknown models may have a representative copy hiding in the Fleet. (Three new Cylon infiltrators, one found on [[The Farm|Caprica]], and one [[D'anna Biers|female]] and [[Cavil|male]] have been identified to viewers since this episode.)<br />
**Boomer produced this number under extreme duress. It is possible that she simply fabricated it, or that Baltar was relying on "God" to produce it for her, as he himself did in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]". Furthermore, Balter counts down "10, 9" stopping before 8.<br />
**Baltar asserted during the scene that Boomer had the information in her subconscious, so this may have been a way of producing it from extreme duress.<br />
*Commander Adama has regained consciousness.<br />
*There is a small resistance movement on Caprica comprising as of now 53 people, and [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] have joined up with them.<br />
*Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] has been serving on battlestars since he was 18. Other battlestars he has served on include the ''[[Columbia]]'', ''[[Atlantia]]'', and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''.<br />
**According to an interview on [http://www.spankwagon.net/audio/std/STD-2005-08-24.mp3 Subject2Discussion], actor Aaron Douglas (who plays Tyrol) said that a connection between this line, and the later arrival of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', never occurred to him until a fan asked him about it at a convention after the episode had aired. Douglas is unaware if the writers intended any further backstory behind this for Tyrol, or if they were just throwing out battlestar names.<br />
**Taking Adama's comments from "[[Litmus]]" and his dossier seen in "[[Hero]]" into concideration, Tyrol also served on the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'' but neglected to mention it.<br />
*First mention of the battlestar ''Pegasus'' in the Re-imagined Series.<br />
*First time that Chief Tyrol's first name, "Galen", has been spoken on screen. Previously it was only known from an entry in Ron D. Moore's blog.<br />
*Baltar's Six considers the term "[[toaster]]" to be a "racial epithet".<br />
*Apollo can pilot a Raptor. He brought a pilot along with him in "[[Fragged]]".<br />
*"[[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]]" Costanza is now leading [[Combat Air Patrol]]s.<br />
*This episode introduces a conspiracy to free Laura Roslin from imprisonment. (see; [[Laura Roslin faction]])<br />
*One of ''Galactica's'' Raptors is aboard ''[[Cloud Nine]]''. It was all ''Galactica'' could do to muster two Raptors in "[[Fragged]]", although they had four in operation earlier that day in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". Will ''Cloud Nine'' return the vehicle, and if not, will this further hamper ''Galactica's'' ability to deploy marines within the Fleet?<br />
*[[Tylium]] is used to fuel the maneuvering thrusters on the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] craft, as well as the FTL engines for the rest of the fleet.<br />
*The background music in the scene where Lee Adama says goodbye to his unconscious father is a faint echo of "Wander my Friends", the victory music from "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]".<br />
*Dualla has indicated that she would prefer him to be in command, as opposed to the frequently inebriated Tigh. She also casts a friendlier-than-usual glance at Apollo's backside as he is escorted to the brig.<br />
*Col. Tigh derides Dr. Baltar for using "[[Technobabble|technobabble]]" pseudoscientific explanations frequently used on RDM's old ''"[[Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]"'' series.<br />
*Six and Ellen Tigh are both blonds who drive the men to action by whispering over their shoulders.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''Baltar tries to explain the failure of his Cylon detector:''<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' What the hell's the matter with your Cylon detector, doctor? You gave the assassin a pass.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' Yes, but that was a beta test. A preliminary. Clearly I've perfected my methodology and she slipped through.<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' So what the hell are you telling me here, that we are back to square one? That no one's results are definitive?<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' No, I am-<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' That we have no way of knowing who are the Cylons among us?<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' -not saying that, since Valerii's test- since the assassin's test I've developed a new set of protocols which should eliminate any errors - anomalies - that popped up earlier. Look, if you let me test the chief's blood, I might be able to tell once and for all if-<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' No "if"! I want a definitive answer, no more of your weaselly [[technobabble]]. He's a Cylon or he's not. So get down there and do something right for a change.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar''': I am the Vice President. Legally speaking, if the President is incapacitated, shouldn't I take over her-<br />
:'''Saul Tigh''': Legally speaking, I have declared martial law, that makes you nobody.<br />
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* ''In ''Galactica's'' brig, Tyrol is led into a cell with Sharon Valerii:''<br />
:'''Sharon Valerii:''' (crying) Chief? I thought you were on Kobol?<br />
:(Tyrol is shoved into the cell, and Sharon tries to hug him)<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' Don't you talk to me. Don't come near me. Don't even touch me. If you do, I will kill you.<br />
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* ''In one of ''Galactica's'' corridors:''<br />
:'''Cally:''' They locked the Chief up with Boomer. Tigh thinks he's a Cylon.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' I know. I'm going to see the Colonel now. If anyone's going to find a way to clear the Chief, or...<br />
:'''Cally:''' Or what? Throw him out the airlock like a piece of garbage? If Commander Adama were in charge, this would have never happened.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' Yes, but he's not in charge, is he?<br />
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* ''Chief Tyrol has been wrongly accued of being a Cylon, and Cally pleads with Baltar for help:''<br />
:'''Cally:''' I've known the Chief for years. He's no Toaster! <br />
:'''Baltar:''' He was involved with Lieutenant Valerii, who most certainly is a Toaster. <br />
:'''Number Six:''' That word is racist! I don't like it! <br />
:'''Cally:''' Sure...he's shown some bad judgment getting involved with her. But that doesn't mean he's a Toaster. You've got to help him. <br />
:'''Number Six:''' Say something, Gaius. Tell her you won't have racial epithets used in your presence! <br />
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* ''Mechanics are building a new brig cell to imprison suspected Cylons:''<br />
:'''Cally:''' They're putting the Chief in there, you know. <br />
:'''Jammer:''' I don't care if they put a giant parakeet in here. Colonel says build a cell, we build a cell. <br />
:'''Cally:''' This isn't right. He's one of us! <br />
:'''Jammer:''' No, he's one of them. He always was. We just never saw it. <br />
:'''Cally:''' No, he's innocent! She tricked him! <br />
:'''Jammer:''' Wow, such loyalty. Were you fracking him too? (Cally slams Jammer into a wall, then punches him in the face. Hard) You want to get pissed at someone, you get pissed at Boomer! She's the one who put the Chief in the cell here, not us! <br />
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* ''After Lee Adama and President Roslin arrive on ''Cloud Nine'':''<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Well, we're home free for now.<br />
:'''Tom Zarek:''' (standing in the hangar bay) Good to see you, Madam President.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' Captain Apollo, what is Mr. Zarek doing here?<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Once Tigh gets over his initial shock, he'll send troops out to search for us, and if we're going to make it, we have to keep on the move. I figured Mr. Zarek here is the only one in the fleet with enough shady friends around to hide us.<br />
:'''Tom Zarek:''' (to Laura) I love the way he puts that.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' Well, Mr. Zarek, it would seem that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.<br />
:'''Tom Zarek:''' Call me Tom.<br />
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* Galactica-''Sharon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s dying words:''<br />
:'''Sharon Valerii:''' I love you, Chief...<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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* '''[[Nicki Clyne]] comments on [[Cally]]'s motivations in shooting [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] from [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2384&Itemid=0 Scifibrain's March 17, 2006 interview]:'''<br />
*# I think Boomer represented all the things that were wrong for her at that time, including her relationship with [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]. So, I think she just saw Boomer as this symbol of what was wrong for her at the time. She couldn’t see any other way to deal with it.<br />
*# ''On whether or not Cally was guilty for killing [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]:'' That is a tough one, and I think about that a lot, because I don’t think it is right to kill anything. I don’t think it can ever be a positive feeling. At the time, she felt like there was no other way, and that was her only option, but I am sure upon reflection in the brig, or when she got back to work, that she saw how it affected Tyrol. That she, she shows a lot of wondering. There is actually a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)|scene that got cut]] [in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]"], but she finally approaches the Chief, when she is finally sick of him ignoring her, after she has gotten out of jail, she says, "If I had a chance, I would do it all over again."<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha]]<br />
*[[Chris Shields]] as Corporal [[Venner]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Dominic Zamprogna]] as [[Jammer]]<br />
*[[Tamara Lashley]] as [[Sue-Shaun]]<br />
*[[Jeremy Guilbaut]] as Lt. [[Joe Palladino|Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino]]<br />
*[[Heather Doerksen]] as "Marine With A Sandwich"<br />
*[[Curtis Lee Hicks]] as "Marine Sergeant"<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by Toni Graphia]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Allan Kroeker]]<br />
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<div>:''To see this same list for the [[Original Series]] please view it [[List of character appearances (TOS)|here]].''<br />
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This page serves as a table matrix for when all major and minor cast members were ''seen'', not heard. Characters must be seen at least 3 times to become a minor character and 6 times or more to become major of that season. Characters in the [[Template:characters|template]] are excluded from this equation. One-shot characters are not in this list. Characters that are seen throughout the entire season are not included. Template to be used are {{tl|Season 1 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.0 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.5 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 3.0 Matrix}}, and {{tl|Season 3.5 Matrix}}.<br />
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'''X''' - Seen<br/><br />
''Empty Boxes'' - Not Seen<br/><br />
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== Season 1 ==<br />
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{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[101]] !! [[102]] !! [[103]] !! [[104]] !! [[105]] !! [[106]] !! [[107]] !! [[108]] !! [[109]] !! [[110]] !! [[111]] !! [[112]] !! [[113]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cottle|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|7=X|10=X|11=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|3=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sergeant Hadrian|4=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|4=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|11=X}}<br />
|}<br />
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== Season 2 ==<br />
<br />
=== Season 2.0 ===<br />
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{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[201]] !! [[202]] !! [[203]] !! [[204]] !! [[205]] !! [[206]] !! [[207]] !! [[208]] !! [[209]] !! [[210]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|5=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|6=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|1=X|2=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|3=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|1=X|2=X|3=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Simon|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
|}<br />
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=== Season 2.5 ===<br />
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{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[211]] !! [[212]] !! [[213]] !! [[214]] !! [[215]] !! [[216]] !! [[217]] !! [[218]] !! [[219]] !! [[220]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|11=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|11=X|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|11=X|13=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|12=X|13=X|14=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|13=X|15=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|11=X|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|16=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
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== Season 3 ==<br />
=== Season 3.0 ===<br />
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| colspan="12" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
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{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|11=X}}<br />
|}<br />
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=== Season 3.5 ===<br />
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|-<br />
| colspan="10" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|12=X|17=X}}<br />
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[[Category:RDM|*]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Resistance_(episode)&diff=112738Resistance (episode)2007-03-12T23:22:34Z<p>Larocque6689: Richard Hatch now special guest</p>
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<div>:''This page covers the episode titled "Resistance." For other meanings, see "[[Resistance]]".'' <br />
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{{Episode Data<br />
| image = Sharondeath.jpg<br />
| title= Resistance<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=4<br />
| guests=[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
| writer=[[Toni Graphia]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Alan Kroeker]]<br />
| production= 204<br />
| rating= 1.9<br />
| US airdate=2005-08-05<br />
| UK airdate=2006-01-31<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| podcast = Y<br />
| population= 47861<br />
| oldpopulation= 47862<br />
| prev=[[Fragged]]<br />
| next=[[The Farm]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''Riots break out in [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] over Tigh's declaration of martial law, and a group of ''Galactica'' crewmembers led by [[Lee Adama]] smuggle [[Laura Roslin]] out of the brig and into [[Tom Zarek]]'s hands. Meanwhile, [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Karl Agathon]] fall in with a group of humans who survive on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] and started a resistance movement.''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== On ''Galactica'' ===<br />
<br />
*After returning to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' (after being rescued from [[Kobol]] in the last episode, [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] is arrested and interrogated by [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], who believes that Tyrol may be a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]. Although Tyrol states otherwise, Tigh believes that, because of the Chief's relationship with [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]], now a known Humanoid Cylon, he can't be trusted. Tyrol is then put into the same brig as Valerii, and warns her to stay away.<br />
*[[Gaius Baltar]] is questioned by [[Cally]] on why no one will help Tyrol. Baltar lies by telling her that his [[Cylon detector]] was flawed, and that he will try to prove that Tyrol is innocent. Cally threatens to reveal what he did to [[Crashdown]] if he doesn't help her.<br />
*After arriving in [[CIC]], Baltar is questioned by Tigh on why the Cylon detector failed to screen out Valerii. Baltar makes up an convenient technical excuse that Tigh dismisses as so much [[technobabble]]. The acting commander orders Baltar to test Tyrol. When Baltar suggests he should assume the role of acting president if [[Laura Roslin]] is incapacitated, Tigh tells him he has no power under martial law.<br />
*Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] alerts Tigh to a number of ships in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] that refuse to supply ''Galactica'' with food, water, and [[tylium]], and also protest [[Laura Roslin]]'s incarceration.<br />
*On his way to the brig, [[Lee Adama]] meets [[Anastasia Dualla]] in the hall, who tells him that [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] is still sedated, and that there is a lot of protest and dissention within the Fleet. Dualla also tells young Adama that Tigh's alcohol problem is spinning out of control.<br />
*In his quarters, Tigh tries to figure out a way to get the needed supplies from the protesting ships. [[Ellen Tigh]] tells him that he needs to assert his authority by belittling him. This prompts Tigh to send a stern warning to the other ships, warning them to either resupply ''Galactica'' or face consequences.<br />
*In the brig, Captain Adama tells Roslin that she still holds significant influence on some members of the Fleet (as evidenced by her growing relationship with Corporal [[Venner]]), which prompts Roslin to state something bad is going to happen in the Fleet.<br />
*With the supply ships still refusing to supply ''Galactica'', Tigh orders squadrons of Colonial [[Marines]] to board the ships and take the supplies by any means necessary.<br />
*On the transport ship ''[[Gideon]]'', a group of Marines, led by Lt. [[Joe Palladino|Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino]], attempt to take food supplies off the ship. The civilians grow angrier and fight the troops. A noise that sounds like a gunshot is heard, and the marines fire on the crowd in response, killing 4 civilians.<br />
*Tigh realizes that he has made a bigger mess out of the supply problem. The riot prompts Roslin to realize that this action will splinter the Fleet, which will make them easy targets for the Cylons. Roslin tells Captain Adama that she needs to leave ''Galactica'' as soon as possible. Adama tells her he will come along and has also figured out a way to get off the ship.<br />
*Tigh tells his wife that he is not fit for command, and he knows that she was manipulating him into using strong-arm tactics to resupply ''Galactica''. Ellen tells her husband that if she didn't motivate him, he would never stop drinking, which prompts Ellen and Tigh to start fighting, but instead, they start making love.<br />
*In the brig, Boomer tells Tyrol that she still loves him, but Tyrol dismisses her. Baltar enters the room to test Tyrol to prove he is really human. When injected with a syringe, Tyrol goes into a state of shock from a toxin that Baltar uses. He tells Boomer that he covered up her true nature as a Cylon from the rest of the Fleet, and that if she wants to save Tyrol, she must reveal how many Humanoid Cylons remain in [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]]. Under duress, Valerii tells Baltar that there are eight other Cylons in the Fleet. Baltar revives Tyrol.<br />
*Captain Adama begins the escape plan, closing down a causeway on the ship for maintenance, securing a [[Raptor]] with which to leave the ship, and bringing Roslin from the brig to the shuttle bay, along with [[Elosha]]. When Roslin tells [[Billy Keikeya]] to board the ship, he tells her that he will be staying behind, because he does not want to be part of a civil war.<br />
*On the bridge, Tigh learns that Captain Adama and Roslin have escaped on a Raptor authorized to launch for use by Dr. [[Cottle]]. Despite the chance to destroy the ship, Tigh holds the fire order on the Raptor, which escapes to ''[[Cloud Nine]]''.<br />
*Upon arriving on ''Cloud Nine'', Roslin learns that Captain Adama has enlisted the help of [[Tom Zarek]] to hide within the Fleet until they can muster enough support to overthrow ''Galactica''.<br />
*As Ellen complains to her husband for not firing on Captain Adama, Commander Adama arrives in the room, having recovered enough to walk and move again, and asks what's happened on the ship. Tigh tells Adama that he messed things up badly, and Adama tells Tigh that they will fix the problem together. Ellen Tigh, in the meanwhile, leaves the room on Adama's request, her hand grasping harshly at the door frame in apparent frustration in the change of events as she leaves.<br />
*Tyrol is released from his cell. Baltar tells him that Boomer will be sent to new, fortified cell for testing. As Boomer is led down the corridor, as she heckled and yelled at by crew members, Cally steps from in the crowd and shoots Valerii point-blank in the abdomen. As Cally is taken into custody, the dying Boomer tells Tyrol she loves him, and passes away.<br />
[[Image:Resistance-Anders_Starbuck.jpg|Starbuck and Anders playing a game of pyramid.|thumb]]<br />
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=== On Caprica ===<br />
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*[[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] are lost in the wilderness, and are subsequently shot at by a group of humans. It eventually leads to a standoff between the two groups, but Starbuck manages to convince the humans that they are not Cylons. When asked about their identities, Helo recognizes the group as members of a [[pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] team called the [[Caprica Buccaneers]].<br />
*The pyramid team-turned-resistance fighters have been attacking the Cylons and stealing supplies from them for weeks. They escaped the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] as they were away for training in the remote mountains at the time.<br />
*The Buccaneers take Helo and Starbuck to an [[Delphi Union High School|abandoned high school]], where they stay for the night. Starbuck, intrigued, challenges the leader of the group, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]], to a game of pyramid.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*What will Commander Adama do to resolve the crisis now that he has regained consciousness? ([[Home, Part I|Answer 1]] and [[Home, Part II|Answer 2]].)<br />
*What will happen to President Roslin, now on the run? ([[Home, Part I|Answer 1]] and [[Home, Part II|Answer 2]].)<br />
*What will happen to Cally now that she has killed Boomer? ([[The Farm|Answer 1]] and [[Flight of the Phoenix|Answer 2]])<br />
*Could the fact that Cally shoots ''Galactica''-Boomer mean that Cally is a Cylon?<br />
*Could Boomer return to the show, to be reunited with Chief Tyrol, after having her consciousness transferred to another body? ([[Downloaded|Answer 1]] and [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer 2]])<br />
*Chief Tyrol mentions that he once served aboard battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''; will this be significant when the ''Pegasus'' is discovered by ''Galactica''? (When he gets in trouble, [[Pegasus (episode)|the answer appears to be "no."]])<br />
*When was the survivor count updated to include the deaths of [[Tarn]] and [[Socinus]] on [[Kobol]]? Clearly not after the survivors were returned to ''Galactica'', or the decrement between this episode and the last would be 3, not 1. Did the decrement of 1 between "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]" refer to [[Tarn]]'s death, or to [[Flyboy]]'s before the opening credits?<br />
*Eight ships in total refuse to resupply ''Galactica''. Tigh orders "a Raptor and an armed marine boarding party for every ship refusing the resupply order." Gaeta explains that they are short on manpower, but says nothing about equipment shortages. A caption then identifies "''Galactica'' Boarding Party Six". Is it possible that ''Galactica'' was able to deploy eight Raptors following the destruction of two in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", and the scrapping of an additional Raptor in "[[Fragged]]" (which in that episode was necessary to muster even two Raptors)? Were the boarding parties deployed sequentially, not simultaneously? If so, why would manpower shortage be a concern?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
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*Continuing from the events of last episode, "[[Fragged]]," Cally has indeed threatened Dr. Baltar with revealing that he [[Wikipedia:Frag (military)|fragged]] [[Crashdown]] in return for demanding that he help Chief Tyrol.<br />
*Baltar has a working [[Cylon detector]] ([[Flesh and Bone]]) and access to blood samples from every Colonial in the Fleet. It could well be that he already knows how many Cylon infiltrators are in the fleet, and was actually testing Boomer to see if she did, too. Before Cally shot her, he was intending to interrogate her further -- perhaps this was a trial run of the method he intended to use to extract vital information from her subconscious?<br />
**However, Baltar told Six that it would take around 60 years to test everyone in the Fleet because one person's complete test would take 11 hours; he doesn't know how many are in the fleet.<br />
***It takes him less than two minutes to determine Boomer's true nature in "[[Flesh and Bone]]". Whatever reason Baltar has for giving the 11 hour estimate clearly doesn't preclude him determining unambiguous positives in a more reasonable timeframe.<br />
***It has been (approximately, see timeline issues below) 26 days since "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", during which only one result was produced (for [[Ellen Tigh]]), minus the 3 days Baltar spent attending [[Quorum of Twelve|Quorum]] sessions and 2 days stranded on [[Kobol]]. The remaining 20 day period would only be sufficient to produce an additional 43 results. Tigh's chagrin that "no one's results are definitive" may imply that a substantially greater number have been produced.<br />
**As of "[[Home, Part I]]", this line of inquiry is somewhat moot. Baltar does not know the ''identity'' of the remaining Cylon infiltrators, and regrets not asking Boomer before her death.<br />
*[[Saul Tigh|Tigh]]'s authority on the ship appears to have grown more tenuous. Numerous officers and crew are now willing to actively assist in [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]]'s escape. [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]], Dr. [[Cottle]] and [[Lee Adama]] are all directly involved. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] assists indirectly by denying knowledge of the unusual transmissions detected prior to the jail break even after asking Dualla about them earlier.<br />
*[[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]], who we learned to know as a very correct officer, lies to Col. Tigh when he asks for any unusual transmissions after President Roslin's escape.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*As of the opening credits, the fleet population is now 47,861, reflecting the death of [[Crashdown]] in "[[Fragged]]".<br />
** Does (or will) this count discriminate between humans and Cylons? Was Boomer ever removed from this count?<br />
*This episode gave no direct indication of its date. All the first season episodes identified the date during their Caprica segments, and the first three episodes of this season have taken place on the same day as "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". There are a few possible indicators of time elapsed:<br />
**Tyrol is in a holding cell. He apparently hasn't been there for long, and his arm is still in a sling.<br />
**Baltar's numerous facial cuts and scrapes are still somewhat visible.<br />
**Apollo has been gone from the officer's card game long enough to be missed. His last game was on Day 50.<br />
**Apollo asks Dualla how his father is doing "this morning", and Dualla's response implies that this is at least the second time he's asked her. His first opportunity to do so would have been on the morning of Day 52. [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s [[podcast]] says that this conversation has been a "routine happening each day", i.e., more than twice. This puts this episode at Day 54 at least.<br />
**In the episode "[[Final Cut]]", we learn that Tigh was in command for "over a week", which unfortunately tells little - the next episode, where Adama finally resumes command, takes place "the next week" after this one.<br />
* Boomer dies in this episode, shot by [[Cally]]. There is still the Valerii copy on Caprica, which will reappear in the next episode, and in later episodes be taken aboard ''Galactica'' ([[Home, Part II]]).<br />
**Boomer dies in a manner that mirrors what happened to [[Wikipedia:Lee Harvey Oswald|Lee Harvey Oswald]] (the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy). Oswald himself is shot at point blank range by a man named [[Wikipedia:Jack Ruby|Jack Ruby]] while being transferred to another prison. According to an [http://www.spankwagon.net/audio/std/STD-2005-08-24.mp3 interview] with Aaron Douglas, the scene was intentionally meant to resemble the infamous video of Ruby shooting Oswald: before it was shot, all of the Marine and crew extras were shown the Ruby video, and instructed to copy the reactions of specific guards in the video to make the scene more closely resemble the assasination.<br />
*The shooting on the ''Gideon'' was inspired by the [[Wikipedia:Kent State shootings|Kent State Shootings]]. Some have also stated that it is somewhat similar to the [[Wikipedia:Boston Massacre|Boston Massacre]], which helped spark the [[Wikipedia:American Revolutionary War|American Revolutionary War]]. [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s podcast says that this scene was directly inspired by the Boston Massacre. A group of armed soldiers, not trained or equipped as riot police, are being pelted with objects (albeit non-lethal ones) by a hostile crowd and react with the training and equipment that they have when a threat is perceived.<br />
*Tigh accusing Chief Tyrol of being a Cylon is reminiscent of the communist witch hunts of the McCarthy era.<br />
*If Boomer is to be believed, there are eight more Cylons hiding in the Fleet. It has already been established that there are only 12 Cylons models in existence, and four have already been revealed in the Fleet ([[Shelly Godfrey]], [[Leoben Conoy]], [[Aaron Doral]], and now [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]), so each of the as-yet-unknown models may have a representative copy hiding in the Fleet. (Three new Cylon infiltrators, one found on [[The Farm|Caprica]], and one [[D'anna Biers|female]] and [[Cavil|male]] have been identified to viewers since this episode.)<br />
**Boomer produced this number under extreme duress. It is possible that she simply fabricated it, or that Baltar was relying on "God" to produce it for her, as he himself did in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]". Furthermore, Balter counts down "10, 9" stopping before 8.<br />
**Baltar asserted during the scene that Boomer had the information in her subconscious, so this may have been a way of producing it from extreme duress.<br />
*Commander Adama has regained consciousness.<br />
*There is a small resistance movement on Caprica comprising as of now 53 people, and [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] have joined up with them.<br />
*Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] has been serving on battlestars since he was 18. Other battlestars he has served on include the ''[[Columbia]]'', ''[[Atlantia]]'', and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''.<br />
**According to an interview on [http://www.spankwagon.net/audio/std/STD-2005-08-24.mp3 Subject2Discussion], actor Aaron Douglas (who plays Tyrol) said that a connection between this line, and the later arrival of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', never occurred to him until a fan asked him about it at a convention after the episode had aired. Douglas is unaware if the writers intended any further backstory behind this for Tyrol, or if they were just throwing out battlestar names.<br />
**Taking Adama's comments from "[[Litmus]]" and his dossier seen in "[[Hero]]" into concideration, Tyrol also served on the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'' but neglected to mention it.<br />
*First mention of the battlestar ''Pegasus'' in the Re-imagined Series.<br />
*First time that Chief Tyrol's first name, "Galen", has been spoken on screen. Previously it was only known from an entry in Ron D. Moore's blog.<br />
*Baltar's Six considers the term "[[toaster]]" to be a "racial epithet".<br />
*Apollo can pilot a Raptor. He brought a pilot along with him in "[[Fragged]]".<br />
*"[[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]]" Costanza is now leading [[Combat Air Patrol]]s.<br />
*This episode introduces a conspiracy to free Laura Roslin from imprisonment. (see; [[Laura Roslin faction]])<br />
*One of ''Galactica's'' Raptors is aboard ''[[Cloud Nine]]''. It was all ''Galactica'' could do to muster two Raptors in "[[Fragged]]", although they had four in operation earlier that day in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". Will ''Cloud Nine'' return the vehicle, and if not, will this further hamper ''Galactica's'' ability to deploy marines within the Fleet?<br />
*[[Tylium]] is used to fuel the maneuvering thrusters on the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] craft, as well as the FTL engines for the rest of the fleet.<br />
*The background music in the scene where Lee Adama says goodbye to his unconscious father is a faint echo of "Wander my Friends", the victory music from "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]".<br />
*Dualla has indicated that she would prefer him to be in command, as opposed to the frequently inebriated Tigh. She also casts a friendlier-than-usual glance at Apollo's backside as he is escorted to the brig.<br />
*Col. Tigh derides Dr. Baltar for using "[[Technobabble|technobabble]]" pseudoscientific explanations frequently used on RDM's old ''"[[Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]"'' series.<br />
*Six and Ellen Tigh are both blonds who drive the men to action by whispering over their shoulders.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
<br />
* ''Baltar tries to explain the failure of his Cylon detector:''<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' What the hell's the matter with your Cylon detector, doctor? You gave the assassin a pass.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' Yes, but that was a beta test. A preliminary. Clearly I've perfected my methodology and she slipped through.<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' So what the hell are you telling me here, that we are back to square one? That no one's results are definitive?<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' No, I am-<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' That we have no way of knowing who are the Cylons among us?<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' -not saying that, since Valerii's test- since the assassin's test I've developed a new set of protocols which should eliminate any errors - anomalies - that popped up earlier. Look, if you let me test the chief's blood, I might be able to tell once and for all if-<br />
:'''Saul Tigh:''' No "if"! I want a definitive answer, no more of your weaselly [[technobabble]]. He's a Cylon or he's not. So get down there and do something right for a change.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar''': I am the Vice President. Legally speaking, if the President is incapacitated, shouldn't I take over her-<br />
:'''Saul Tigh''': Legally speaking, I have declared martial law, that makes you nobody.<br />
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* ''In ''Galactica's'' brig, Tyrol is led into a cell with Sharon Valerii:''<br />
:'''Sharon Valerii:''' (crying) Chief? I thought you were on Kobol?<br />
:(Tyrol is shoved into the cell, and Sharon tries to hug him)<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' Don't you talk to me. Don't come near me. Don't even touch me. If you do, I will kill you.<br />
<br />
* ''In one of ''Galactica's'' corridors:''<br />
:'''Cally:''' They locked the Chief up with Boomer. Tigh thinks he's a Cylon.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' I know. I'm going to see the Colonel now. If anyone's going to find a way to clear the Chief, or...<br />
:'''Cally:''' Or what? Throw him out the airlock like a piece of garbage? If Commander Adama were in charge, this would have never happened.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' Yes, but he's not in charge, is he?<br />
<br />
* ''Chief Tyrol has been wrongly accued of being a Cylon, and Cally pleads with Baltar for help:''<br />
:'''Cally:''' I've known the Chief for years. He's no Toaster! <br />
:'''Baltar:''' He was involved with Lieutenant Valerii, who most certainly is a Toaster. <br />
:'''Number Six:''' That word is racist! I don't like it! <br />
:'''Cally:''' Sure...he's shown some bad judgment getting involved with her. But that doesn't mean he's a Toaster. You've got to help him. <br />
:'''Number Six:''' Say something, Gaius. Tell her you won't have racial epithets used in your presence! <br />
<br />
* ''Mechanics are building a new brig cell to imprison suspected Cylons:''<br />
:'''Cally:''' They're putting the Chief in there, you know. <br />
:'''Jammer:''' I don't care if they put a giant parakeet in here. Colonel says build a cell, we build a cell. <br />
:'''Cally:''' This isn't right. He's one of us! <br />
:'''Jammer:''' No, he's one of them. He always was. We just never saw it. <br />
:'''Cally:''' No, he's innocent! She tricked him! <br />
:'''Jammer:''' Wow, such loyalty. Were you fracking him too? (Cally slams Jammer into a wall, then punches him in the face. Hard) You want to get pissed at someone, you get pissed at Boomer! She's the one who put the Chief in the cell here, not us! <br />
<br />
* ''After Lee Adama and President Roslin arrive on ''Cloud Nine'':''<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Well, we're home free for now.<br />
:'''Tom Zarek:''' (standing in the hangar bay) Good to see you, Madam President.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' Captain Apollo, what is Mr. Zarek doing here?<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Once Tigh gets over his initial shock, he'll send troops out to search for us, and if we're going to make it, we have to keep on the move. I figured Mr. Zarek here is the only one in the fleet with enough shady friends around to hide us.<br />
:'''Tom Zarek:''' (to Laura) I love the way he puts that.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' Well, Mr. Zarek, it would seem that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.<br />
:'''Tom Zarek:''' Call me Tom.<br />
<br />
* Galactica-''Sharon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s dying words:''<br />
:'''Sharon Valerii:''' I love you, Chief...<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
<br />
* '''[[Nicki Clyne]] comments on [[Cally]]'s motivations in shooting [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] from [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2384&Itemid=0 Scifibrain's March 17, 2006 interview]:'''<br />
*# I think Boomer represented all the things that were wrong for her at that time, including her relationship with [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]. So, I think she just saw Boomer as this symbol of what was wrong for her at the time. She couldn’t see any other way to deal with it.<br />
*# ''On whether or not Cally was guilty for killing [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]:'' That is a tough one, and I think about that a lot, because I don’t think it is right to kill anything. I don’t think it can ever be a positive feeling. At the time, she felt like there was no other way, and that was her only option, but I am sure upon reflection in the brig, or when she got back to work, that she saw how it affected Tyrol. That she, she shows a lot of wondering. There is actually a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)|scene that got cut]] [in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]"], but she finally approaches the Chief, when she is finally sick of him ignoring her, after she has gotten out of jail, she says, "If I had a chance, I would do it all over again."<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally]]<br />
*[[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha]]<br />
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Dominic Zamprogna]] as [[Jammer]]<br />
*[[Chris Shields]] as Corporal [[Venner]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Tamara Lashley]] as [[Sue-Shaun]]<br />
*[[Jeremy Guilbaut]] as Lt. [[Joe Palladino|Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino]]<br />
*[[Heather Doerksen]] as "Marine With A Sandwich"<br />
*[[Curtis Lee Hicks]] as "Marine Sergeant"<br />
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<div>:''To see this same list for the [[Original Series]] please view it [[List of character appearances (TOS)|here]].''<br />
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This page serves as a table matrix for when all major and minor cast members were ''seen'', not heard. Characters must be seen at least 3 times to become a minor character and 6 times or more to become major of that season. Characters in the [[Template:characters|template]] are excluded from this equation. One-shot characters are not in this list. Characters that are seen throughout the entire season are not included. Template to be used are {{tl|Season 1 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.0 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.5 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 3.0 Matrix}}, and {{tl|Season 3.5 Matrix}}.<br />
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'''X''' - Seen<br/><br />
''Empty Boxes'' - Not Seen<br/><br />
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== Season 1 ==<br />
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|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! Character !! [[101]] !! [[102]] !! [[103]] !! [[104]] !! [[105]] !! [[106]] !! [[107]] !! [[108]] !! [[109]] !! [[110]] !! [[111]] !! [[112]] !! [[113]]<br />
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| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cottle|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|7=X|10=X|11=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
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| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|3=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sergeant Hadrian|4=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|4=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|11=X}}<br />
|}<br />
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== Season 2 ==<br />
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=== Season 2.0 ===<br />
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! Character !! [[201]] !! [[202]] !! [[203]] !! [[204]] !! [[205]] !! [[206]] !! [[207]] !! [[208]] !! [[209]] !! [[210]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|5=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|6=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|1=X|2=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|3=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|1=X|2=X|3=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Simon|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
|}<br />
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=== Season 2.5 ===<br />
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! Character !! [[211]] !! [[212]] !! [[213]] !! [[214]] !! [[215]] !! [[216]] !! [[217]] !! [[218]] !! [[219]] !! [[220]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|11=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|11=X|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|11=X|13=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|12=X|13=X|14=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|13=X|15=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X|14=X|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tory Foster|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hoshi|11=X|12=X|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Hamish McCall|19=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|17=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|16=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|14=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
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== Season 3 ==<br />
=== Season 3.0 ===<br />
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{{Season 3.0 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|6=X|7=X|11=X}}<br />
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=== Season 3.5 ===<br />
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{{Season 3.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|12=X|17=X}}<br />
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[[Category:RDM|*]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Fragged&diff=112736Fragged2007-03-12T23:18:27Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Guest stars */ Resorting, adding Dualla, moving Zarek to special guest</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image =Tigh_in_Command.JPG<br />
| title=Fragged<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=3<br />
| guests=[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
| writer=[[Dawn Prestwich]] <br/> [[Nicole Yorkin]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]<br />
| production=203<br />
| rating= 2.0<br />
| US airdate=2005-07-29<br />
| UK airdate=2006-01-24<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 47862<br />
| oldpopulation= 47874<br />
| prev=[[Valley of Darkness]]<br />
| next=[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
<br />
:''Colonel Tigh deals with the Quorum of Twelve and the press over Roslin's removal from the presidency, while Cylon Centurions prepare to hinder any rescue attempt on Kobol by setting up an anti-aircraft battery.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
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===On ''Galactica''===<br />
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*Dr. [[Cottle]] arrives on ''[[Galactica]]'' from the ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'', and informs Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] that Commander [[William Adama]] is still bleeding internally, and that he will have to operate to stabilize his condition.<br />
*The pressures of the day (coming up on two, without sleep) have gotten to Tigh, as he begins drinking while on duty. In his confusion, he questions why [[Lee Adama]] is leading a crew to rescue the survivors from [[Kobol]], and acts very rudely to members of the crew.<br />
*After being informed about their arrival on ''Galactica'', Tigh meets the [[Quorum of Twelve]], who demand access to the imprisoned [[Laura Roslin]]. Tigh contends that Commander Adama removed Roslin from power, believing she was a threat to the stability of [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]], and denies accusations by the Quorum members that he will try to initiate martial law upon the Fleet.<br />
*Meanwhile, Roslin experiences delusions caused by [[Chamalla]] withdrawal while being held in ''Galactica's'' brig, which prompts [[Billy Keikeya]] to ask [[Venner|Corporal Venner]], a devout follower of the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecies, to obtain Chamalla extract for Roslin.<br />
*[[Ellen Tigh]] visits Roslin in the brig, and believes Roslin is going crazy. She states that Saul Tigh should allow the Quorum members access to the imprisoned President, as it will prove (in her delirium) that she was a threat to the stability of the government.<br />
*The Quorum members visit Roslin, and, having taken the Chamalla and regained some lucidity, Roslin makes a statement to the members, stating that the military coup has failed, and that she retains the position of President. She tells the members that she is dying from terminal breast cancer, and the Quorum members realize that she is the "dying leader" who will lead the fleet to [[Earth]] as stated in prophecy. Realizing he has severely underestimated Roslin, Tigh herds the Quorum members out of the brig.<br />
*Tigh later appears before the [[Fleet News Service|press]]. Due to the attempted coup against the military, Tigh declares martial law over the Fleet, which throws the press into chaos.<br />
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===On Kobol===<br />
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*After holding a funeral for [[Socinus]] and [[Tarn]], the ground crew stranded on Kobol discover that the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] are cannibalizing parts from their own [[Heavy Raider]] to build an anti-aircraft battery.<br />
*[[Crashdown]] deduces that the [[Cylon Centurion]]s won't look for them, but will instead use the battery to shoot down any aircraft that come looking for the survivors.<br />
*Despite [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and [[Gaius Baltar]]'s objections, Crashdown decides to destroy the anti-aircraft battery to ensure their rescue, despite that over half of the group lacks firearms proficiency.<br />
*In a hallucination, [[Number Six|Six]] tells Baltar that one of the crew will turn against the others, and that it is Baltar's duty to accept his role as the father of the new race of human-Cylon hybrids.<br />
*When the crew ready their assault on the battery, they discover that more Cylons have reinforced the security around the battery, which leads Tyrol to believe the makeshift [[DRADIS]] dish that the Cylons are using to guide the missiles will be left unprotected. In spite of this, Crashdown pulls rank and continues with the original plan.<br />
*During this time, Lee Adama and a compliment of medical personnel and [[Marines]] pilot two Raptors to the planet's surface.<br />
*When [[Cally]] objects to being a diversion for the attack, Crashdown pulls a gun on her and threatens to shoot her unless she follows orders. Tyrol pulls his gun on Crashdown, but when it looks like Crashdown will fire, Baltar shoots Crashdown in the back, killing him instantly.<br />
*The gunshot reveals their position to the Cylons, who chase the group through the forest. [[Seelix]] is shot in the leg, and Tyrol is shot in the arm, but he manages to use a grenade launcher to take out the DRADIS dish. In a "last stand" gesture, angry and reckless, Tyrol stands up and opens fire on the advancing Cylons just as the Raptors in the air use their missiles to destroy the Cylons.<br />
*As the rescued crew leaves Kobol, Six tells Baltar that he is fulfilling his role in the prophecy, and that she will act as his conscience.<br />
*Tyrol and Baltar cover for Crashdown's demise, indicating to [[Lee Adama]] that Crashdown died while fighting the Cylons.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
*What did [[Number Six]] mean when she said that people that die on [[Kobol]] simply die, and that "God" has abandoned Kobol?<br />
*Will [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]], [[Cally]], or [[Seelix]] ever reveal the truth about Crashdown's fate? Or perhaps use the threat of doing so as leverage against Baltar, to force him to perform a favor later? ([[Resistance (episode)|Answer]])<br />
*Why was it necessary to cannibalize [[Raptor 305]] for parts? ''Galactica'' had four Raptors in good condition earlier that day during "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", and none were seen to be deployed during the battle in "[[Scattered]]". <br />
**Is fielding all six for any extended time period beyond the ship's ability? Have ''Galactica's'' Raptors been in chronically poor condition?<br />
*Could [[Ellen Tigh]]'s attempts to manipulate the downfall of President Roslin be further proof that she's really a Cylon sent to spread chaos in the Fleet? ([[Humanoid Cylon speculation#Ellen Tigh?|Likely answer]])<br />
*Why was the shuttle bearing the Quorum delegates en route from the ''[[Zephyr]]'', rather than [[Cloud 9]]?<br />
*Who was the one who betrayed the others? Cally, for her refusal to carry out orders? Crashdown, for turning his gun on one of his own? Baltar, for killing the group's leader? Or even Tyrol, for his failure to defend Cally by killing Crashdown before the count of "three"?<br />
*Baltar appears bloodied and disheveled in his daydream, as he is in reality, instead of nattily well-dressed as he's always been before. Is he losing his mind?<br />
*The Cylons know the location of Kobol ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]), and still have forces in the area ([[Scattered]]). If they had wished to intercept the [[SAR]] party or rescue their forces stranded on the planet, they could have done so easily. Instead they left a handful of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] to improvise an ineffective missile battery. Why did they not send another basestar to Kobol?<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
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*Baltar appears in his virtual home with Six, but dressed in his fatigues and not at all spiffy as in past visions. Is this an indication that Baltar's mind is becoming more tortured, or is more or less brainwashed by Six than before?<br />
*The somewhat delusional Roslin complains of a ringing sensation when Ellen Tigh appears. Immediately after she leaves and the hatch closes behind her, Roslin no longer hears the ringing and appears visibly relieved. She exclaims, "Oh my gods...Ellen Tigh." Could the Chamalla extract and their visions she sees be giving Roslin herself a way of detecting Cylons with her own senses, or do Ellen Tigh's grating personality traits extend into the subsonic range? Given that Roslin has had past visions that have later been logically and correctly identified as factual (to scripture or to current events), this may not be a stretch.<br />
*Another interpretation to Roslin's complaint of ringing may be that Roslin may have barely realized that Ellen was in her presence and, in her delusion, thought she was talking to someone else. In this case, Roslin would have good reason to want to speak with the wife of the acting commanding officer that could set her free.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*As of the opening credits, the fleet population is now 47,862, reflecting a casualty count of 12 during the Cylon boarding action in the previous episode. This seems barely sufficient to include the bodies seen on screen, let alone the number of casualties implied in "[[Valley of Darkness]]", but perhaps a number of the casualties haven't had time to expire yet. At the end of the episode, factoring in Crashdown's death, the total stands at 47,861.<br />
*[[Crashdown]] dies in this episode, shot by Baltar as he threatens to shoot Cally.<br />
*"Frag" is American military slang for intentionally killing a superior (but generally considered incompetent) officer of your own force in the field. Popularized during Vietnam, when discipline lagged and a few officers got grenades in their bunkers or caught "friendly fire" during a skirmish. The word is derived from "fragmentation grenade" which is shortened to "frag grenade" or just "frag".<br />
*[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]] is the most fundamentalist of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], interpreting the [[Sacred Scrolls]] very literally. It appears that many Gemenons believe so strongly in the [[Pythia]]n prophecy that they will almost automatically side with President Roslin.<br />
*[[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] has revealed to the entire [[Quorum of Twelve]], as well as [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], that she is dying of breast cancer. Presumably her illness is now public knowledge.<br />
*[[Cally]] only joined the Colonial Fleet as a way to pay her way through dental school.<br />
*First episode without an appearance by [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]].<br />
*Second episode without an appearance by [[Sharon Valerii]]. (The first was "[[Valley of Darkness]]")<br />
*First episode without scenes on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]].<br />
*First episode since the miniseries without an appearance by Helo, even though Tahmoh Penikett is still in the opening credits.<br />
*First episode in which Tigh calls ''[[Galactica]]'' "my ship".<br />
*The discussion between Tigh and Keikeya firmly establishes that Billy was ''not'' arrested.<br />
*Raptors are capable of carrying missiles. We also saw this in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".<br />
*Seven Vipers are down for repairs in this episode, probably damaged offscreen during the sortie in "[[Scattered]]".<br />
*[[Cottle]]'s hurried arrival means that this episode must begin very shortly after the end of "[[Valley of Darkness]]", during which Roslin still seems to be in good health. For her to exhibit the degree of symptoms we see, either [[Chamalla]]'s withdrawal effects are highly acute, or her delirium is the result of the extreme progression of her cancer, no longer masked by the anesthetizing properties of the drug.<br />
*The writers for this episode, Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin, used to be writers on [[Katee Sackhoff]]'s old show, ''The Education of Max Bigford''. Ironically, "Fragged" happens to be the first episode of ''Battlestar Galactica'' that Katee Sackhoff does ''not'' appear in.<br />
*Several reviewers noticed a similarity between the climactic fight between Tyrol and the Centurions and the climactic battle in the film ''[[Wikipedia: Saving Private Ryan|Saving Private Ryan]]'': in the film, Tom Hank's character Captain Miller desperately tries to defend himself from on oncoming German tank by shooting his pistol sidearm at it, at which point the tank explodes in spectacular fashion; for a moment the stunned Miller thinks he caused this with his pistol, only to look up and realize an Allied plane dropped a bomb on the tank. In "Fragged", Chief Tyrol desperately fires at oncoming Cylon Centurions with just his pistol, they are destroyed in a spectacular explosion, and for a moment Tyrol thinks he caused this before looking up and realizing a Raptor behind him fired missiles at the Centurions. Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, who directed "Fragged", was actually first assistant director on ''Saving Private Ryan'' under Steven Spielberg.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
<br />
* ''In Galactica's brig:''<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' (to the Quorum of Twelve) Thank you all for coming. I have a statement I would like to make. The attempted military coup against the lawful government of the Colonies is illegal, ill-advised, and clearly doomed to failure. I have not resigned the Presidency, and I will fight this action with everything at my command.<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' She's crazy. She's nuts! She thinks she's a prophet or some such nonsense. Go ahead and ask her, she'll tell you. Just listen to her! What was it, the...Arrow Of Apollo will open the Tomb of...Artemis, or some such nonsense.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' Everything I have done is consistent and logical. We have found Kobol, we have found the City of the Gods, and when we retrieve the Arrow, we will open the tomb of '''Athena''', and we will find the road to Earth.<br />
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* ''In an announcement to a group of journalists on Galactica:''<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' The events which took place aboard Colonial One are unfortunate. Laura Roslin's actions in supporting mutiny and sedition among the military could not be tolerated. Therefore, Commander Adama was left with no choice other than to remove her from office. Ms. Roslin is now resting comfortably aboard this ship, where she will remain until such time as the Commander deems otherwise. As it appears obvious that the government cannot function under the current circumstances, I have decided to dissolve the Quorum of Twelve, and as of this moment, I have declared martial law.<br />
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* ''In Galactica's sickbay:''<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' (talking about Commander Adama) Is he going to make it?<br />
:'''Doctor Cottle:''' How should I know? I'm not a psychic. Now get the hell out of here.<br />
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:*This appears to be a subtle in-joke to [[Ronald D. Moore|RDM's]] ties to ''Star Trek'' and Dr. McCoy's "I'm a doctor, not a..." quips.<br />
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*''Crashdown has ordered his untrained, outnumbered group to make a suicidal attack the Cylon missile battery:''<br />
:'''Baltar:''' He's crazy. I'm not trained for this kind of thing. I've never fired a gun in my life!<br />
:'''Seelix:''' I haven't fired one since 'basic.<br />
:'''Baltar:''' (to Cally) You?<br />
:'''Cally:''' I...just...joined up to pay for dental school! <br />
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* ''After Baltar shoots Crashdown on Kobol:''<br />
:'''Number Six:''' (to Baltar) Now you're a man.<br />
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* ''In a desperate last stand against Cylons''<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' (hiding from Cylon gunfire) Stay there! Stay there!<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' (shooting at Cylons) Chief! Chief!<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' (pulls a gun out of his holster and starts firing wildly at the advancing Cylon forces) Aah! Aah! Aaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (Cylons are all blown into pieces, and Tyrol looks at his gun in amazement, then behind him at a hovering Raptor)<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' (aboard the Raptor) You're welcome.<br />
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* ''While waiting to assault the Cylon forces on Kobol''<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' [[Frak]] orders, frak court-marshal! Our people are up there and we have to save them! We don't have any time! Move!<br />
:'''Cally:''' I can't do it!<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' Cally, move!<br />
:'''Cally:''' No!<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' (pulls a gun on Cally)<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' Chief!<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' Whoa, whoa, whoa! Put it down!<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' You're going, Cally. You're going out there or I'm going to blow your brains out, right here, right now.<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' Hey LT, easy, easy-<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' I'm going to count to three.<br />
:'''Selix:''' This is crazy! This is crazy!<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' One...<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' (pulls gun on Crashdown) Put it down, right now. Listen to me! Drop your weapon!<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' Two...three. (a gunshot is fired, and Crashdown falls dead against a tree, revealing that he has been shot by Baltar)<br />
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*''In a hallway on Galactica:''<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' Why aren't you in the brig?<br />
:'''Billy:''' (flustered) Because.. you haven't put me there?<br />
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*''After Tarn's memorial service on Kobol:''<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' Doc, let's go. We're moving out.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' (no reaction)<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' Doc, d'you hear me? We're moving out.<br />
:'''Baltar:''' I did hear you, Chief, I just don't respond to the title 'Doc'. A 'dock' is a platform for loading and unloading material. My title is 'doctor' or 'Mr Vice President', if you don't mind.<br />
:'''Tyrol''': You are loading, are you not?<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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=== Interviews ===<br />
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* '''[[Nicki Clyne]] ([[Cally]]) on filming this (and the previous) episodes taking place on [[Kobol]]:'''<br />
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: I really like watching the stuff that we did on Kobol when we were running through the forest and shooting guns. I am really excited about those episodes for Cally and when she almost got shot by [[Crashdown]] ([[Samuel Witwer]]), I thought that was really cool. It was difficult to film at the time, because it was freezing cold and we were running through the forest, but I think that the end results were great. I think it was really fun. [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2384&Itemid=0&limit=1&limitstart=1]<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]]<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Kerry Norton]] as Paramedic [[Layne Ishay]]<br />
*[[Kurt Evans]] as Paramedic [[Howard Kim]]<br />
*[[Chris Shields]] as Corporal [[Venner]]<br />
*[[Jennifer Halley]] as [[Diana Seelix]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Patricia Idlette]] as [[Sarah Porter]]<br />
*[[Malcolm Stewart]] as [[Marshall Bagott]] <br />
*[[T-Roy Kozuki]] as "Marine"<br />
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This page serves as a table matrix for when all major and minor cast members were ''seen'', not heard. Characters must be seen at least 3 times to become a minor character and 6 times or more to become major of that season. Characters in the [[Template:characters|template]] are excluded from this equation. One-shot characters are not in this list. Characters that are seen throughout the entire season are not included. Template to be used are {{tl|Season 1 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.0 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 2.5 Matrix}}, {{tl|Season 3.0 Matrix}}, and {{tl|Season 3.5 Matrix}}.<br />
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'''X''' - Seen<br/><br />
''Empty Boxes'' - Not Seen<br/><br />
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== Season 1 ==<br />
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| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
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{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cottle|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|9=X|10=X|11=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|7=X|10=X|11=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|all=Y}}<br />
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| colspan="14" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|3=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|10=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sergeant Hadrian|4=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|4=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X|7=X|8=X|10=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|3=X|5=X|6=X|12=X|13=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|9=X|11=X}}<br />
{{Season 1 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|11=X}}<br />
|}<br />
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== Season 2 ==<br />
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=== Season 2.0 ===<br />
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! Character !! [[201]] !! [[202]] !! [[203]] !! [[204]] !! [[205]] !! [[206]] !! [[207]] !! [[208]] !! [[209]] !! [[210]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cottle|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|5=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Minor'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|4=X|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|1=X|2=X|4=X|6=X|8=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Crashdown|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Doral|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Margaret Edmondson|1=X|3=X|4=X|7=X|8=X|9=X|10=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Elosha|4=X|5=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sekou Hamilton|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Layne Ishay|1=X|2=X|3=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Louanne Katraine|1=X|2=X|6=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Aaron Kelly|1=X|2=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Playa Palacios|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Sarah Porter|3=X|6=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Diana Seelix|1=X|2=X|3=X|9=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Simon|5=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Socinus|1=X|2=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Ellen Tigh|1=X|2=X|3=X|4=X|8=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.0 Matrix|name=Tom Zarek|3=X|4=X|5=X|6=X|7=X}}<br />
|}<br />
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=== Season 2.5 ===<br />
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|-<br />
| colspan="11" class="infoboxheader" | '''Major'''<br />
|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Karl Agathon|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cottle|11=X|13=X|14=X|17=X|18=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Anastasia Dualla|11=X|12=X|13=X|14=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Felix Gaeta|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|16=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cally Henderson|11=X|13=X|17=X|19=X|20=X}}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Billy Keikeya|12=X|13=X|14=X|16=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Saul Tigh|all=Y}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Galen Tyrol|11=X|12=X|13=X|15=X|17=X|18=X|19=X|20=X}}<br />
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|-<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Samuel Anders|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Jean Barolay|18=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Cavil|19=X|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Leoben Conoy|20=X}}<br />
{{Season 2.5 Matrix|name=Brendan Constanza|13=X|15=X}}<br />
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[[Category:RDM|*]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Fragged&diff=112734Fragged2007-03-12T23:11:46Z<p>Larocque6689: Richard Hatch now special guest</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image =Tigh_in_Command.JPG<br />
| title=Fragged<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=3<br />
| guests=[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
| writer=[[Dawn Prestwich]] <br/> [[Nicole Yorkin]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]<br />
| production=203<br />
| rating= 2.0<br />
| US airdate=2005-07-29<br />
| UK airdate=2006-01-24<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 47862<br />
| oldpopulation= 47874<br />
| prev=[[Valley of Darkness]]<br />
| next=[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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:''Colonel Tigh deals with the Quorum of Twelve and the press over Roslin's removal from the presidency, while Cylon Centurions prepare to hinder any rescue attempt on Kobol by setting up an anti-aircraft battery.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
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===On ''Galactica''===<br />
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*Dr. [[Cottle]] arrives on ''[[Galactica]]'' from the ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'', and informs Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] that Commander [[William Adama]] is still bleeding internally, and that he will have to operate to stabilize his condition.<br />
*The pressures of the day (coming up on two, without sleep) have gotten to Tigh, as he begins drinking while on duty. In his confusion, he questions why [[Lee Adama]] is leading a crew to rescue the survivors from [[Kobol]], and acts very rudely to members of the crew.<br />
*After being informed about their arrival on ''Galactica'', Tigh meets the [[Quorum of Twelve]], who demand access to the imprisoned [[Laura Roslin]]. Tigh contends that Commander Adama removed Roslin from power, believing she was a threat to the stability of [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]], and denies accusations by the Quorum members that he will try to initiate martial law upon the Fleet.<br />
*Meanwhile, Roslin experiences delusions caused by [[Chamalla]] withdrawal while being held in ''Galactica's'' brig, which prompts [[Billy Keikeya]] to ask [[Venner|Corporal Venner]], a devout follower of the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecies, to obtain Chamalla extract for Roslin.<br />
*[[Ellen Tigh]] visits Roslin in the brig, and believes Roslin is going crazy. She states that Saul Tigh should allow the Quorum members access to the imprisoned President, as it will prove (in her delirium) that she was a threat to the stability of the government.<br />
*The Quorum members visit Roslin, and, having taken the Chamalla and regained some lucidity, Roslin makes a statement to the members, stating that the military coup has failed, and that she retains the position of President. She tells the members that she is dying from terminal breast cancer, and the Quorum members realize that she is the "dying leader" who will lead the fleet to [[Earth]] as stated in prophecy. Realizing he has severely underestimated Roslin, Tigh herds the Quorum members out of the brig.<br />
*Tigh later appears before the [[Fleet News Service|press]]. Due to the attempted coup against the military, Tigh declares martial law over the Fleet, which throws the press into chaos.<br />
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===On Kobol===<br />
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*After holding a funeral for [[Socinus]] and [[Tarn]], the ground crew stranded on Kobol discover that the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] are cannibalizing parts from their own [[Heavy Raider]] to build an anti-aircraft battery.<br />
*[[Crashdown]] deduces that the [[Cylon Centurion]]s won't look for them, but will instead use the battery to shoot down any aircraft that come looking for the survivors.<br />
*Despite [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and [[Gaius Baltar]]'s objections, Crashdown decides to destroy the anti-aircraft battery to ensure their rescue, despite that over half of the group lacks firearms proficiency.<br />
*In a hallucination, [[Number Six|Six]] tells Baltar that one of the crew will turn against the others, and that it is Baltar's duty to accept his role as the father of the new race of human-Cylon hybrids.<br />
*When the crew ready their assault on the battery, they discover that more Cylons have reinforced the security around the battery, which leads Tyrol to believe the makeshift [[DRADIS]] dish that the Cylons are using to guide the missiles will be left unprotected. In spite of this, Crashdown pulls rank and continues with the original plan.<br />
*During this time, Lee Adama and a compliment of medical personnel and [[Marines]] pilot two Raptors to the planet's surface.<br />
*When [[Cally]] objects to being a diversion for the attack, Crashdown pulls a gun on her and threatens to shoot her unless she follows orders. Tyrol pulls his gun on Crashdown, but when it looks like Crashdown will fire, Baltar shoots Crashdown in the back, killing him instantly.<br />
*The gunshot reveals their position to the Cylons, who chase the group through the forest. [[Seelix]] is shot in the leg, and Tyrol is shot in the arm, but he manages to use a grenade launcher to take out the DRADIS dish. In a "last stand" gesture, angry and reckless, Tyrol stands up and opens fire on the advancing Cylons just as the Raptors in the air use their missiles to destroy the Cylons.<br />
*As the rescued crew leaves Kobol, Six tells Baltar that he is fulfilling his role in the prophecy, and that she will act as his conscience.<br />
*Tyrol and Baltar cover for Crashdown's demise, indicating to [[Lee Adama]] that Crashdown died while fighting the Cylons.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
*What did [[Number Six]] mean when she said that people that die on [[Kobol]] simply die, and that "God" has abandoned Kobol?<br />
*Will [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]], [[Cally]], or [[Seelix]] ever reveal the truth about Crashdown's fate? Or perhaps use the threat of doing so as leverage against Baltar, to force him to perform a favor later? ([[Resistance (episode)|Answer]])<br />
*Why was it necessary to cannibalize [[Raptor 305]] for parts? ''Galactica'' had four Raptors in good condition earlier that day during "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", and none were seen to be deployed during the battle in "[[Scattered]]". <br />
**Is fielding all six for any extended time period beyond the ship's ability? Have ''Galactica's'' Raptors been in chronically poor condition?<br />
*Could [[Ellen Tigh]]'s attempts to manipulate the downfall of President Roslin be further proof that she's really a Cylon sent to spread chaos in the Fleet? ([[Humanoid Cylon speculation#Ellen Tigh?|Likely answer]])<br />
*Why was the shuttle bearing the Quorum delegates en route from the ''[[Zephyr]]'', rather than [[Cloud 9]]?<br />
*Who was the one who betrayed the others? Cally, for her refusal to carry out orders? Crashdown, for turning his gun on one of his own? Baltar, for killing the group's leader? Or even Tyrol, for his failure to defend Cally by killing Crashdown before the count of "three"?<br />
*Baltar appears bloodied and disheveled in his daydream, as he is in reality, instead of nattily well-dressed as he's always been before. Is he losing his mind?<br />
*The Cylons know the location of Kobol ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]), and still have forces in the area ([[Scattered]]). If they had wished to intercept the [[SAR]] party or rescue their forces stranded on the planet, they could have done so easily. Instead they left a handful of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] to improvise an ineffective missile battery. Why did they not send another basestar to Kobol?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
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*Baltar appears in his virtual home with Six, but dressed in his fatigues and not at all spiffy as in past visions. Is this an indication that Baltar's mind is becoming more tortured, or is more or less brainwashed by Six than before?<br />
*The somewhat delusional Roslin complains of a ringing sensation when Ellen Tigh appears. Immediately after she leaves and the hatch closes behind her, Roslin no longer hears the ringing and appears visibly relieved. She exclaims, "Oh my gods...Ellen Tigh." Could the Chamalla extract and their visions she sees be giving Roslin herself a way of detecting Cylons with her own senses, or do Ellen Tigh's grating personality traits extend into the subsonic range? Given that Roslin has had past visions that have later been logically and correctly identified as factual (to scripture or to current events), this may not be a stretch.<br />
*Another interpretation to Roslin's complaint of ringing may be that Roslin may have barely realized that Ellen was in her presence and, in her delusion, thought she was talking to someone else. In this case, Roslin would have good reason to want to speak with the wife of the acting commanding officer that could set her free.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*As of the opening credits, the fleet population is now 47,862, reflecting a casualty count of 12 during the Cylon boarding action in the previous episode. This seems barely sufficient to include the bodies seen on screen, let alone the number of casualties implied in "[[Valley of Darkness]]", but perhaps a number of the casualties haven't had time to expire yet. At the end of the episode, factoring in Crashdown's death, the total stands at 47,861.<br />
*[[Crashdown]] dies in this episode, shot by Baltar as he threatens to shoot Cally.<br />
*"Frag" is American military slang for intentionally killing a superior (but generally considered incompetent) officer of your own force in the field. Popularized during Vietnam, when discipline lagged and a few officers got grenades in their bunkers or caught "friendly fire" during a skirmish. The word is derived from "fragmentation grenade" which is shortened to "frag grenade" or just "frag".<br />
*[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]] is the most fundamentalist of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], interpreting the [[Sacred Scrolls]] very literally. It appears that many Gemenons believe so strongly in the [[Pythia]]n prophecy that they will almost automatically side with President Roslin.<br />
*[[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] has revealed to the entire [[Quorum of Twelve]], as well as [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], that she is dying of breast cancer. Presumably her illness is now public knowledge.<br />
*[[Cally]] only joined the Colonial Fleet as a way to pay her way through dental school.<br />
*First episode without an appearance by [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]].<br />
*Second episode without an appearance by [[Sharon Valerii]]. (The first was "[[Valley of Darkness]]")<br />
*First episode without scenes on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]].<br />
*First episode since the miniseries without an appearance by Helo, even though Tahmoh Penikett is still in the opening credits.<br />
*First episode in which Tigh calls ''[[Galactica]]'' "my ship".<br />
*The discussion between Tigh and Keikeya firmly establishes that Billy was ''not'' arrested.<br />
*Raptors are capable of carrying missiles. We also saw this in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".<br />
*Seven Vipers are down for repairs in this episode, probably damaged offscreen during the sortie in "[[Scattered]]".<br />
*[[Cottle]]'s hurried arrival means that this episode must begin very shortly after the end of "[[Valley of Darkness]]", during which Roslin still seems to be in good health. For her to exhibit the degree of symptoms we see, either [[Chamalla]]'s withdrawal effects are highly acute, or her delirium is the result of the extreme progression of her cancer, no longer masked by the anesthetizing properties of the drug.<br />
*The writers for this episode, Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin, used to be writers on [[Katee Sackhoff]]'s old show, ''The Education of Max Bigford''. Ironically, "Fragged" happens to be the first episode of ''Battlestar Galactica'' that Katee Sackhoff does ''not'' appear in.<br />
*Several reviewers noticed a similarity between the climactic fight between Tyrol and the Centurions and the climactic battle in the film ''[[Wikipedia: Saving Private Ryan|Saving Private Ryan]]'': in the film, Tom Hank's character Captain Miller desperately tries to defend himself from on oncoming German tank by shooting his pistol sidearm at it, at which point the tank explodes in spectacular fashion; for a moment the stunned Miller thinks he caused this with his pistol, only to look up and realize an Allied plane dropped a bomb on the tank. In "Fragged", Chief Tyrol desperately fires at oncoming Cylon Centurions with just his pistol, they are destroyed in a spectacular explosion, and for a moment Tyrol thinks he caused this before looking up and realizing a Raptor behind him fired missiles at the Centurions. Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, who directed "Fragged", was actually first assistant director on ''Saving Private Ryan'' under Steven Spielberg.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''In Galactica's brig:''<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' (to the Quorum of Twelve) Thank you all for coming. I have a statement I would like to make. The attempted military coup against the lawful government of the Colonies is illegal, ill-advised, and clearly doomed to failure. I have not resigned the Presidency, and I will fight this action with everything at my command.<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' She's crazy. She's nuts! She thinks she's a prophet or some such nonsense. Go ahead and ask her, she'll tell you. Just listen to her! What was it, the...Arrow Of Apollo will open the Tomb of...Artemis, or some such nonsense.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' Everything I have done is consistent and logical. We have found Kobol, we have found the City of the Gods, and when we retrieve the Arrow, we will open the tomb of '''Athena''', and we will find the road to Earth.<br />
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* ''In an announcement to a group of journalists on Galactica:''<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' The events which took place aboard Colonial One are unfortunate. Laura Roslin's actions in supporting mutiny and sedition among the military could not be tolerated. Therefore, Commander Adama was left with no choice other than to remove her from office. Ms. Roslin is now resting comfortably aboard this ship, where she will remain until such time as the Commander deems otherwise. As it appears obvious that the government cannot function under the current circumstances, I have decided to dissolve the Quorum of Twelve, and as of this moment, I have declared martial law.<br />
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* ''In Galactica's sickbay:''<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' (talking about Commander Adama) Is he going to make it?<br />
:'''Doctor Cottle:''' How should I know? I'm not a psychic. Now get the hell out of here.<br />
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:*This appears to be a subtle in-joke to [[Ronald D. Moore|RDM's]] ties to ''Star Trek'' and Dr. McCoy's "I'm a doctor, not a..." quips.<br />
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*''Crashdown has ordered his untrained, outnumbered group to make a suicidal attack the Cylon missile battery:''<br />
:'''Baltar:''' He's crazy. I'm not trained for this kind of thing. I've never fired a gun in my life!<br />
:'''Seelix:''' I haven't fired one since 'basic.<br />
:'''Baltar:''' (to Cally) You?<br />
:'''Cally:''' I...just...joined up to pay for dental school! <br />
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* ''After Baltar shoots Crashdown on Kobol:''<br />
:'''Number Six:''' (to Baltar) Now you're a man.<br />
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* ''In a desperate last stand against Cylons''<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' (hiding from Cylon gunfire) Stay there! Stay there!<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' (shooting at Cylons) Chief! Chief!<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' (pulls a gun out of his holster and starts firing wildly at the advancing Cylon forces) Aah! Aah! Aaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (Cylons are all blown into pieces, and Tyrol looks at his gun in amazement, then behind him at a hovering Raptor)<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' (aboard the Raptor) You're welcome.<br />
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* ''While waiting to assault the Cylon forces on Kobol''<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' [[Frak]] orders, frak court-marshal! Our people are up there and we have to save them! We don't have any time! Move!<br />
:'''Cally:''' I can't do it!<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' Cally, move!<br />
:'''Cally:''' No!<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' (pulls a gun on Cally)<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' Chief!<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' Whoa, whoa, whoa! Put it down!<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' You're going, Cally. You're going out there or I'm going to blow your brains out, right here, right now.<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' Hey LT, easy, easy-<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' I'm going to count to three.<br />
:'''Selix:''' This is crazy! This is crazy!<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' One...<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' (pulls gun on Crashdown) Put it down, right now. Listen to me! Drop your weapon!<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' Two...three. (a gunshot is fired, and Crashdown falls dead against a tree, revealing that he has been shot by Baltar)<br />
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*''In a hallway on Galactica:''<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' Why aren't you in the brig?<br />
:'''Billy:''' (flustered) Because.. you haven't put me there?<br />
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*''After Tarn's memorial service on Kobol:''<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' Doc, let's go. We're moving out.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' (no reaction)<br />
:'''Tyrol:''' Doc, d'you hear me? We're moving out.<br />
:'''Baltar:''' I did hear you, Chief, I just don't respond to the title 'Doc'. A 'dock' is a platform for loading and unloading material. My title is 'doctor' or 'Mr Vice President', if you don't mind.<br />
:'''Tyrol''': You are loading, are you not?<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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=== Interviews ===<br />
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* '''[[Nicki Clyne]] ([[Cally]]) on filming this (and the previous) episodes taking place on [[Kobol]]:'''<br />
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: I really like watching the stuff that we did on Kobol when we were running through the forest and shooting guns. I am really excited about those episodes for Cally and when she almost got shot by [[Crashdown]] ([[Samuel Witwer]]), I thought that was really cool. It was difficult to film at the time, because it was freezing cold and we were running through the forest, but I think that the end results were great. I think it was really fun. [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2384&Itemid=0&limit=1&limitstart=1]<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Kerry Norton]] as Paramedic [[Layne Ishay]]<br />
*[[Kurt Evans]] as Paramedic [[Howard Kim]]<br />
*[[Chris Shields]] as Corporal [[Venner]]<br />
*[[Jennifer Halley]] as [[Diana Seelix]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Patricia Idlette]] as [[Sarah Porter]]<br />
*[[Malcolm Stewart]] as [[Marshall Bagott]] <br />
*[[T-Roy Kozuki]] as "Marine"<br />
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[[de:Die Gesetze des Krieges]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Valley_of_Darkness&diff=112733Valley of Darkness2007-03-12T23:08:37Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Guest stars */ resorting, adding Crashdown, Flyboy, Ishay, removing Racetrack</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image =Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg<br />
| title=Valley of Darkness<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=2<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Bradley Thompson]] <br/> [[David Weddle]]<br />
| story=<br />
| goof=Y<br />
| director=[[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production=202<br />
| rating= 2.0<br />
| US airdate=2005-07-22<br />
| UK airdate=2006-01-17<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| podcast = Y<br />
| population= 47874<br />
| oldpopulation= 47875<br />
| prev=[[Scattered]]<br />
| next=[[Fragged]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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: ''After rediscovering [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]], [[Cylon Centurion]]s board ''[[Galactica]]'' and wreak havoc, while [[Lee Adama]] and a rag-tag group of pilots and marines attempt to thwart the Cylon's methodical plans.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
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===On ''Galactica''===<br />
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* After [[FTL|jumping]] successfully to the Fleet's location once [[Scattered|rediscovering their actual location]], ''Galactica'''s power systems shut down unexpectedly.<br />
* After landing on ''Galactica'', pilots [[Lee Adama]], [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]], [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]], and [[Flyboy]] walk through the corridors with flashlights. Flyboy stumbles into a Cylon Centurion, which kills him as the rest attempt to flee. <br />
* As Hot Dog and Kat flee up a stairway, Adama attempts to kill the Cylon with his sidearm, but the bullets ricochet off the Centurion. A small group of [[marines]] destroy the Cylon from behind with an explosive round. Unfortunately, it was their last round, and only explosive rounds work against this heavily-armored version of Centurion.<br />
* [[Laura Roslin]] convinces Corporal [[Venner]] that she must leave her cell and escape the brig before the Cylons find them. On Captain Adama's advice, Venner leads the group to the safest location on the ship, [[sickbay]].<br />
* Adama's group finds the storage locker on deck 12. Inside, they find [[Jammer]] (a member of [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s repair crew) and only six explosive rounds. <br />
* Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]] manages to warn the remainder of the Fleet to stay away from ''Galactica'' by [[wireless]] before the Cylons jam external communications.<br />
*Gaeta notes a [[Virus|Cylon virus]] has infected some of the ship's isolated computers while they were networked; he has teams cleaning out the infection.<br />
* Roslin's group find the bodies of some of ''Galactica'''s enlisted crew, massacred by the Cylons except for one survivor: a shell-shocked [[Anastasia Dualla]]. As Billy tries to snap Dualla out of her shock, Venner discovers that the Cylons have depressurised the route they had planned to take to sickbay. The group, now with Dualla, heads out along an alternative route that goes past [[Aft Damage Control]].<br />
* Tigh gets reports that some of the Cylons have been taken out by teams throughout the ship. He suspects that the Cylons are heading towards two sections of the ship -- one of which is Aft Damage Control -- in order to vent the ship's atmosphere. (After the ship is vented and the crew terminated, Tigh states that the Cylons would turn ''Galactica's'' guns on the Fleet.)<br />
* Captain Adama contacts [[CIC]], where Tigh orders him to stop the Cylons at Aft Damage Control and prevent the Cylons from overriding the venting safeguards.<br />
* Captain Adama, Jammer, Kat, and two marines station themselves near the Aft Damage Control compartment. As they ready the defense against the advancing Cylons, Roslin's group hides in a nearby passageway to avoid being discovered, unaware of how close their group is to Adama's squad and the Cylons. The Cylons run down a hallway towards [[Aft Damage Control]], but are distracted when Keikeya accidentally fires a round. The distraction places Roslin's group in danger but gives Adama and his team enough time to destroy the Cylon attackers.<br />
*Having successfully destroyed the Cylons and with sufficient ship control restored, Doctor [[Cottle]] is summoned to ''Galactica''. In sickbay, Roslin assures Lee Adama that [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] will be fine, and she is taken back to the brig. Tigh tells Captain Adama that he is still shocked that he would side with the President instead of his own father, and that he is unfit to wear a [[Colonial]] uniform. Captain Adama agrees but tells Tigh that he isn't fit to wear the uniform either, deferring what will happen with both of them to his unconscious father once he returns to work.<br />
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===On Caprica===<br />
*[[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] and [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] discuss how the Cylons have a habit of fooling everyone.<br />
*Thrace leads them to her old apartment in Delphi.<br />
*Thrace reminisces about how she hated the apartment. While everyone has been trying to gain back what was lost after the Cylon attack, Thrace wasn't attached to her apartment. The only thing she did was to fight, because it's the only thing she knows.<br />
*To Helo's surprise, Thrace's apartment is full of abstract paintings, including one with a [[Eye of Jupiter|curious circular symbol]], a [[Starbuck's Poem|poem]] written next to the symbol, and tapes of piano music composed by her father. Unfortunately, there is no food.<br />
*The two exhausted Colonials take a rest. Thrace dons an old military jacket.<br />
*A short time later, Thrace searches the old jacket and finds a set of vehicle keys. "Tired of walking?" she says.<br />
*Helo and Thrace leave driving her old army truck, with the [[Arrow of Apollo]] in possession.<br />
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===On Kobol===<br />
*[[Gaius Baltar]] has a dream where [[William Adama]] drowns Baltar's daughter.<br />
*When he wakes up, he is in [[Number Six]]'s arms, surrounded by human skulls and bones. Six tells Baltar that they were victims of human sacrifice, and that the [[Sacred_Scrolls|Scriptures]] were lies, fabricated to cover up how barbaric life on Kobol really was.<br />
*When he returns to the others, Baltar is harangued by [[Crashdown]].<br />
*[[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] feels responsible for [[Tarn]]'s death, but [[Cally]] snaps him out of his self-pity.<br />
*The two return with the medkits, but it is too late to save [[Socinus]]' life. Telling him that he is going home, Tyrol reluctantly euthanizes him with an overdose of [[morpha]].<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*The remains Baltar and Six find cannot be thousands of years old; they would not have survived in the open. Did the [[Thirteenth Tribe]] leave Kobol recently? Do humans, at least until recently, still inhabit Kobol? Or were all the remains merely fabricated hallucinations by Six?<br />
*Were the human skeletons real, or a hallucination created for Baltar by Six? If the skeletons ''were'' real, was Six lying when she said they were the result of human sacrifice (i.e. they could have been from the cataclysm that drove humanity off of Kobol)?<br />
:When [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques#Human sacrifice|asked about this]] episode writer [[Bradley Thompson]] answered: "The question at the bottom of this is: "Who is Six?" In such cases, I'm not going to embellish what Ron & David have put on the screen."<br />
*Why would later humans have felt it necessary to cover up the nature of civilization on Kobol? Is it related to the reason why Kobol was abandoned in the first place? How would the Cylons have found out? Did Six just make it up, or could it be the Cylon interpretation of the Scriptures?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The Centurions in this episode can only be destroyed by explosive rounds, which is a large plot element. However, in episodes before and after "Valley of Darkness", Centurions have been seen being destroyed by regular bullets. These Centurions might have heavier armor because they are being used for a boarding action and will see heavy fighting. When episode writer Bradley Thompson was [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques#Centurion armor|asked]] about this by BattlestarWiki, he answered:<br />
:"Centurions are constantly being upgraded - new ones come out with better armor, quieter servos, better battle software. Some are designed for different uses (the ones designed for submarine use have REALLY heavy armor but are exceptionally slow, and have reduced ammunition carrying capacity.) Not to mention that the Colonials have remarkably bright backyard engineers -- they've been hot-loading our small-arms rounds, coming up with better armor-piercing projectiles -- it's the constant ebb-and-flow of wartime technology."<br />
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*The Colonials use internal combustion engines (Starbuck's Humvee. Also previously seen in "[[Act of Contrition]]"). Assuming that it was the colonists that brought organic life along with them to the Twelve Colonies -- as Kobol's wildlife (birds and trees and such) is identical to Caprica's -- the engines may not burn fossil fuels, though, since the Kobol's refugees arrived on the Colonies only thousands of years rather than the millions of years it takes for fossil fuels to form. However, Kobol's life forms could also simply have replaced or supplemented less evolved or less strong life forms on the Colonial planets, as happened several times on Earth where non-ingenious life forms can wreck havoc on a local ecosystem. Or the local life forms may have died out through a catastrophic event. Both scenarios leave enough time for original life forms to be turned into fossil fuels. <br />
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== Notes == <br />
*The title refers the well-known Psalm 23 from the bible.<br />
*The fleet population cited in the opening credits is 47,874. This is one less than the previous episode—prior to the opening credits, a Cylon kills [[Flyboy]]<br />
*First episode without an appearance by [[Sharon Valerii]] (except in opening montage).<br />
*Helo reveals to Starbuck that the Cylons recovered the bodies and brought them to cremation centers, hence the lack of bodies. <br />
*Socinus, initially slated to die in early drafts of "[[Scattered]]", dies in this episode -- euthanised by Tyrol.<br />
* [[Kate Vernon]] is listed as a guest star in the opening credits. However, her character, [[Ellen Tigh]], never makes an appearance in this episode. She is only shown in the deleted scenes.<br />
* The music that we hear in Kara Thrace's apartment and again during the closing act of the episode is ''Metamorphosis Five'', composed by [[w:Philip Glass|Philip Glass]]. It is from Glass's 1989 album ''Solo Piano''.<br />
*The fate of the Heavy Raider in the starboard bay is unknown. It's possible that, like Starbuck's captured Raider, they kept it for study. However, the crash may have damaged it beyond repair.<br />
*In the German broadcast redubbing of Cally's now-infamous "Talk to me, you motherfrakker!" line, "motherfrakker" is replaced with "blöder arsch", which translates as "stupid ass". The real world equivalent of the curse word "motherfrakker" doesn't really exist in German, and a direct translation into German would have sounded particularly obscene, so the line was changed, and the joke is therefore somewhat lost in translation.<br />
*The apartment complex used in this episode is later reused as the prison-apartment on [[New Caprica]] in which [[Leoben Conoy]] holds Starbuck captive at the start of the third season ("[[Occupation]]" through "[[Exodus, Part II]]").<br />
*The sun painting on the wall in Starbuck's apartment is later revealed to be a representation of the [[Eye of Jupiter]] subconsciously painted by Starbuck.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''On the surface of Kobol, Chief Tyrol and Cally are on their way to rendezvous with the rest of the Raptor crash survivors:''<br />
:'''Cally:''' (exhausted from walking) What do you say we take five?<br />
:(Chief Tyrol is still in a state of shock from having lost Tarn to a surprise attack by the Cylons and leans against a tree)<br />
:'''Cally:''' How much further, do you think?<br />
:(Chief Tyrol ignores her)<br />
:'''Cally:''' [[Tarn]] getting shot...it wasn't your fault, you know that right?... Chief?<br />
:(Chief Tyrol is silent)<br />
:'''Cally:''' Talk to me, you mother[[frak]]ker!<br />
:(Chief Tyrol turns around and looks at her strangely)<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' (laughing) Motherfrakker?<br />
:'''Cally:''' Socinus better appreciate this.<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' He's probably lying in the sun, staring up at the birds like some Gods' damned emperor. He's an idiot.<br />
:'''Cally:''' I hope he's okay... &mdash; {{audio|VOD - motherfrakker.mp3|listen}}<br />
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* ''Regarding [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|"Sharon, the Cylon"]]:''<br />
:'''Starbuck:''' (to Helo, sarcastically) Your girlfriend’s from a ''lovely'' family, good people, great values. &mdash; {{audio|VOD - great family values.mp3|listen}}<br />
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* ''In her apartment on Caprica, Starbuck and Helo stop to rest:''<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' (sitting on her couch) You know, I never really liked this place anyway. Air conditioning doesn't work in the summer. Heater doesn't work in the winter. The rent's a crime...(lights a cigarette)...After they attacked, I never pined over any of my old crap. Never missed it. Stupid view of the parking lot. Broken toilet in the bathroom...You know, everyone I know is fighting to get back what they had. I'm fighting because I don't know how to do anything else. &mdash; {{audio|VOD - why people fight.mp3|listen}}<br />
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*''Speaking to Marines:''<br />
:'''Lee Adama''': "Let’s go [[toaster]] shopping." &mdash; {{audio|VOD - toaster shopping.mp3|listen}}<br />
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* ''Chief Tyrol and Cally have rejoined the others on Kobol, and they find out that Socinus isn't going to survive much longer:''<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' How's he doing?<br />
:'''Selix:''' He's not going to make it.<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' What? What do you mean? What are you talking about? We got the medkit! Give him a shot! Give him another shot!<br />
:'''Selix:''' It's too late.<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' What do you mean, it's too late? I got you the medkit! What else do you want? (looking stunned) So we...got the medicine you asked for...Tarn...and for what? For this? Come on! You have to do something. You have to do something!<br />
:'''Selix:''' We can't change that he's going to die, Chief. It's going to be slow and painful, and we can spare him that if we give him the morpha from my kit and the one that you brought back.<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' What? No. (looks at Crashdown) LT..LT, come on!<br />
:'''Crashdown:''' He's your man, Chief.<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' Give it to me. (takes morpha from Selix and leans down beside Socinus) Hey buddy. It's the Chief. How you doing?<br />
:'''Socinus:''' (wheezing) What's going on?<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' Oh, you know...listening to the birds. I got you a little something for the pain. (injects morpha into Socinus) Good news, buddy. The recovery party's here. Raptors just landed. We're going to put you on one and take you back to ''Galactica'', okay?<br />
:'''Socinus:''' We're going home?<br />
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' Yeah...(tears welling in his eyes)...we're going home.<br />
:(Socinus passes away) &mdash; {{audio|VOD_-_Socinus'_death.mp3|listen}}<br />
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* ''In ''Galactica's'' sickbay:''<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' I can't believe you sided with that woman against [[The Old Man|the old man]]. I wouldn't do that if you put a gun to my head...[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|and you did]]! As far as I'm concerned, you're not fit to wear a uniform.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Huh. You're right about that part. I am not fit to wear the uniform...and maybe I never was. Then again, neither are you. But this isn't my ship, and it sure as hell isn't yours. (motions at Commander Adama) It's his, and when he wakes up, he'll decide what to do with the both of us. (Captain Adama leaves for the brig)<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' Thank the Gods I didn't have kids. &mdash; {{audio|VOD - not fit to wear the uniform.mp3|listen}}<br />
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* ''In Aft Damage Control, preparing to fight the Cylons:''<br />
:'''Lee Adama''': Sometimes you got to roll a hard six.<br />
:'''[[Jammer]]''': What does that mean, sir?<br />
:'''Lee Adama''': Uh, I don't know. It's something my [[William Adama|dad]] says. &mdash; {{audio|VOD - roll the hard six.mp3|listen}}<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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=== From RDM's blog ===<br />
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* "We've almost completed shooting the opening of Season Two, with [[Michael Rymer]] back at the helm filming a two-parter written by [[David Weddle]] & [[Bradley Thompson]] called '[[Scattered]]' and '[[Valley of Darkness]].' Things have been going well so far, with a good mood on the set and a feeling of satisfaction and pride running through the whole team at their accomplishments in year one and anticipation for year two."<ref name="blog-4-11-05">{{cite web|url=http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/04/|title=Battlestar Galactica: April 2005 Blog Archives|author=Ron D. Moore|date=April 11, 2005}}</ref><br />
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* ''"[[Lee Adama|Apollo]]'s betrayal of [[William Adama|Adama]]'s decision to arrest the [[Laura Roslin|president]] is detracting from the believability of the show for me. I'm listining to your [[podcast]] of [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|ep. 113]] as I write this and you just said Lee is "a more capable, more competent, leader . . ." He's also struck me as a fairly honorable character. If he had doubts about this mission I think he would have at least voiced them and then not gone along with the strike team so he would not have been put in the position he was. I hope you won't use Adama's near death experience at the end of season one/start of season two to "write off" these betrayals, esp. Apollo's. His was much more unforgivable considering his relationship with Adama, his leadership role in the fleet, and the battle between the president and Adama. I find it hard to see Lee continuing as [[CAG]] after this. "'' <br />
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: You bring up valid points and we are planning to play out the consequences of Lee's decision as it impacts both him and his father over the course of the season.<ref name="blog-4-11-05"/><br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]]<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Alonso Oyarzun]] as Specialist [[Socinus]]<br />
*[[Kerry Norton]] as Paramedic [[Layne Ishay]]<br />
*[[Chris Shields]] as Corporal [[Venner]]<br />
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Jennifer Halley]] as [[Diana Seelix]]<br />
*[[Ty Olsson]] as Captain [[Aaron Kelly]]<br />
*[[Michael Tayles]] as [[Flyboy]]<br />
*[[Dominic Zamprogna]] as [[James Lyman|James "Jammer" Lyman]]<br />
*[[Garvin Cross]] as [[Collishaw]]<br />
*[[Brad Loree]] as [[Bonnington]]<br />
*[[Lori Stewart]] as [[Twinam]]<br />
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| title=Scattered<br />
| series=<br />
| season=2<br />
| episode=1<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[David Weddle]] <br/> [[Bradley Thompson]]<br />
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| director=[[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production=201<br />
| rating= 2.6<br />
| US airdate=2005-07-15<br />
| UK airdate=2006-01-10<br />
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| podcast = Y<br />
| population= 47875<br />
| oldpopulation= 47887<br />
| extra= '''Season 2.0 Premiere'''<br />
| prev=[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]<br />
| next=[[Valley of Darkness]]<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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: ''Chaos is rampant as paramedics try to save [[William Adama|Commander Adama]]'s life after he is shot, and ''[[Galactica]]'' is accidentally separated from the Fleet.''<br />
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: <i>'''Note''': This is part one of a two-part episode. See the episode, "[[Valley of Darkness]]," for the conclusion.</i><br />
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== Summary == <br />
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===On ''Galactica''===<br />
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*Moments after [[William Adama|Adama]] is shot, a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] ambushes the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], prompting [[Executive officer|XO]] [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] to execute an [[Emergency jump coordinates|emergency jump procedure]] for the Fleet to rendezvous at another point. After ''[[Galactica]]'' jumps, it finds itself stranded from the rest of the Fleet, in the middle of nowhere.<br />
*After being shot by [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon Valerii]], Commander Adama is rushed to the ship's infirmary. As Dr. [[Cottle]] is not aboard, a team of [[Layne Ishay|medics]] work to stabilize Adama's condition.<br />
*Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] devises a plan to find the co-ordinates of the Fleet: he networks the [[FTL]] computer to the Navigation, Damage Control, and Fire Control [[computers]] aboard ''Galactica'', so it will only take 10 minutes (instead of 12 hours) to compute the Fleet's location. However, not only will this involve jumping back to their last position, where they were ambushed by the Cylons, but networking the computers will make ''Galactica'' susceptible to Cylon computer infiltration.<br />
[[Image:201 02.jpg|thumb|Tigh brutalizes Valerii during her interrogation.]]<br />
*[[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] visits the incarcerated Valerii, who insists she knows nothing about what's going on. She asks about Adama's condition.<br />
*[[Lee Adama]] agrees to a parole with [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], the conditions of which mean that Adama is allowed to perform his duties as [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot and [[CAG]] but must report to the brig after duty shift is complete. The parole begins immediately, as Captain Adama is required to lead ''Galactica'''s [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] and hold off the Cylons.<br />
*Once ''Galactica'' jumps back to its last position, the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s manage to hold off the oncoming waves of [[Raider]]s. A [[Heavy Raider]] makes its way towards ''Galactica''. Apollo shoots it down but the Heavy Raider crashes into the starboard [[flight pod]], depressurizing it and the contents of the stillborn [[Galactica Museum|museum]].<br />
*The Cylons attempt to crack ''Galactica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s computers as Gaeta manages to calculate the Fleet's location. While the Cylons fail to gain control over ''Galactica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s systems, they [[Valley of Darkness|manage to infect them]] moments before Gaeta breaks the network. ''Galactica'' jumps to return to the Fleet.<br />
*The medics successfully stabilize [[William Adama|Adama]]'s condition, but he remains in serious condition.<br />
*The crashed Heavy Raider seems completely destroyed as it lay on ''[[Galactica]]'s'' starboard flight deck, but multiple sets of red sensors soon light up from inside, and a group of [[Cylon Centurion]]s make their way out of the craft.<br />
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===On Caprica===<br />
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* In the [[Delphi Museum]], [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Kara Thrace]] meet after she recovers the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace attempts to shoot the [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii]].<br />
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* Helo stops Thrace and tells her that Valerii is pregnant. Thrace refuses to accept it. <br />
* After Thrace's attempt to shoot Valerii, she escapes from the Delphi Museum's grounds in Thrace's captured Cylon Raider. (Exclaims Starbuck: "Bitch took my ride.")<br />
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===On Kobol===<br />
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*On Kobol, the survivors of the Raptor crash escape into the forest to avoid the Cylons.<br />
*With [[Socinus]] dying, Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]], [[Cally]], and [[Tarn]] return to the crash site to retrieve a medkit. On their way back, the trio are ambushed by Cylons, and only Tyrol and Cally manage to escape.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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* Does Tigh recall that [[Gaius Baltar]] first tested his [[Cylon detector]] on Valerii? Or did he know in the first place? ([[Resistance (episode)|Answer]])<br />
* Regarding the firewall status display: What is not to say that the Cylons programmed the display, or more accurately the GUI interface for it, to show a false reading on their intrusion progress? (see [[#Analysis|Analysis]] for related topic)<br />
* Just how many aboard ''Galactica'' agree with Adama's decision to jail Roslin? ([[Home, Part I|Answer]])<br />
* Is [[LSO]] Captain Kelly normally third in the chain of command on ''Galactica'', or would a CAG outrank him if on board the ship?<br />
* Why do the members of ''Galactica'''s crew immediately jump to the conclusion that Lieutenant Valerii must be a Humanoid Cylon? Why do they not consider the possibility that she acted in support of President Roslin or in collusion with one of the many dissident factions within the fleet, or that she is suffering from mental illness? The suspicious nature of her recent cheek wound would make this last concern particularly plausible.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
[[Image:Firewallbreech.jpg|left|thumb|Gaeta's firewall under attack, but not (yet) breached.]]<br />
[[Image:Virus Scattered.JPG|right|thumb|The virus breaches Gaeta's last firewall on the display in the upper-left corner.]]<br />
*As Gaeta leans away from the status display to the floor to yank out the cable networking the computers (while he's not looking), the display does show that the last firewall is breached (probably why the Cylons were able to infiltrate a few but not all of ''Galactica's'' computers). Once he unplugs the network, the firewall status disappears from the screen. When he sits up and looks at the screen, it only says that the fleet position is plotted and that the network is offline.<br />
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*In this episode, we discover that [[Aaron Kelly|Captain Aaron Kelly]] is third-in-command, but we haven't really seen that much of him since the [[Miniseries]] (although we see him doing his job as [[Landing Signal Officer]] in "[[Final Cut]]"), which makes this seem contrived. However, in the [[Miniseries]], Kelly gives Tyrol an order to aid the stricken port flight pod rescue after Tigh hesitates to give an order (himself following Adama's command to tend to the matter). Giving such an order with the second-in-command standing there is something only a third-in-command would have the guts or authorization to do. Tigh did countermand him moments later to order the venting of the pod, but did not suggest he was out-of-line for stepping in. This strongly suggests that Kelly already was third-in-command, either at the time of decommissioning or as a direct result of casualties taken in the attack. Additionally, "Final Cut" seemed to establish that as [[Landing Signal Officer|LSO]], he just spends most or all of his duty time in the flight pod, and thus wouldn't normally be seen in CIC. Given that a battlestar's initial defense involves the reliability of Viper launches, Kelly's rank and duties could be considered just as important as the command staff needed to initiate the launch orders.<br />
**From [[Ron Moore]]'s blog on [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/ July 27th, 2006]:<br />
::"The appearance/disappearance of Captain Kelly has more to do with the budgeting process on the show than any creative issue. We only have so much money to spend each week and it's not worth it to pay to bring in Kelly (or any other recognizable guest-star for that matter) unless he's integral to the plot. So, we ask you to take the leap with us and assume that characters like Kelly and Kat and Hotdog and so on, are still aboard ship and doing their jobs even when they're not featured on camera, and therefore are ready to step into action the moment we actually need them for a story."<br />
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*The starboard flight pod is significantly damaged in this episode. However, as RDM reminded us in audio commentary (podcast) for this episode, this landing pod - originally set up as a museum - is not in active use.<br />
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*Computers simply being networked is not a sufficient condition to allow foreign interference - why would any of the systems [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] linked be connected to [[wireless]] channels? Was the infiltration that he detected most likely originating from within ''[[Galactica]]''?<br />
**As with any other Colonial ship, ''Galactica'' receives data all the time from exterior sources. In addition to its mainframe computer, ''Galactica'' primary computers include the FTL, Navigation, Damage Control, and Fire Control systems. The mainframe ostensibly handles wireless communications (Note [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Valerii]]'s request for access to the mainframe with its communications channels in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]"). The mainframe probably ''did'' come under attack by the Cylon virus but was able to avoid infection because a Colonial mainframe may have been what the Colonials believed would be the central lynchpin in stopping any Cylon computer cracking.<br />
**While the Colonial Fleet became lax in their computer defenses years after the [[Cylon War]], they probably believed that a networked computer system would be acceptable provided that their battlestar's mainframe computer or a robust avionics package and programming would be able to block or stop any electronic incursion. That fact might have been true -- were it not for the [[Command Navigation Program]], which gave the Cylons a backdoor to any Colonial flight computer system. Instead of ramming the main door (mainframe) down, the Cylons used the "window", entering through a lesser computer (or opening a hole in their network) to achieve the same effect. The CNP helped to bypass the defenses of the mainframe, where normal communications were probably screened and electronic attacks thwarted, to enter through another system.<br />
**''Galactica's'' computers may have never been networked in her history before this episode. Her computers may also not be as robust as her sister battlestars. But her computers were designed to be networked or run separately since Gaeta was able to set up a network at all. It was very likely that the mainframe was part of Gaeta's ad hoc network since the other computers would not be able to gather any data from the mainframe's wireless communications. Once the connections were made, the other computers (all of which probably had less resistance or defenses to Cylon viruses) were likely more susceptible to infection than the mainframe as these computers could now "hear" the same things that the mainframe heard normally in its business (such as Cylon electronic attack sequences), but was far more able to thwart. The lesser computers became infected quickly. After a time, even the mainframe in whole or in part would be infected since the Cylon virus is remarkably adaptable and polymorphic, even turning later into a [[Logic bomb]] after learning and probing ''Galactica's'' hardware (in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]").<br />
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== Notes == <br />
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*The second season introduced the practice of showing the current fleet population in the opening credits. Throughout this episode, that population is 47,875. That represents 12 total casualties since "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II".<br />
* [[Socinus]]'s lungs are filling with fluid. <br />
* Captain Kelly is third in the chain of command, after Tigh. This was demonstrated in the [[Miniseries]], as Kelly attempted to give orders on trying to stop the fires after the nuclear strike on the battlestar, while Tigh hesitated in giving the order to vent the affected compartments.<br />
** '''Note:''' It is possible that Kelly is only third in command because of the "malefactions" of Apollo, and that, typically as fourth it is not a surprise that we have not seen him before. The sudden incapacity of two superiors has bumped him up the ladder.<br />
** '''Note:''' While Doctor Cottle holds the rank of Major, as physician he would not be in ''Galactica's'' chain of command at all. In the military there are times when a lower ranking person will be in "Operational Command" of people who are technically higher in rank. This is the distinction between a staff officer and a line officer. Line officers are those officers in general military specialties, and are eligible to command ships and other units. Staff officers, however, are only permitted to command units within their specialty (like medical personnel). Aboard ships, the senior line officer is in command, no matter the rank of any embarked staff officer.<br />
* Adama and Tigh served on a merchant freighter together after leaving the military; Adama was responsible for bringing Tigh back into the military when he reentered.<br />
* According to Ron Moore's podcast, the flashback scene at the end of the episode in which Tigh is a drunken wreck in a run-down hotel room about to kill himself, but at the last minute Military Police knock on the door and reinstate him into the military, is an homage to a similar scene involving Martin Sheen's character at the beginning of the film "[[Wikipedia:Apocalypse_Now|Apocalypse Now]]".<br />
* This episode marks the first (known) attempt at networking ''Galactica'''s computer systems, at least under William Adama's command. <br />
* Tigh's distrust of Baltar seems evident in this episode, particularly in the reply he made to [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] regarding the trust he had in the Lieutenant's programming abilities over Baltar's. <br />
* Tigh's wife has taken residence in Tigh's quarters. <br />
* Starbuck seems to incorrectly assume that there is a "real" Sharon Valerii and that the Valerii on Caprica is just a copy of her.<br />
* This episode introduces the first combat depiction of the Cylon [[Heavy Raider]], previously seen during "[[Colonial Day]]".<br />
* This episode showed the first change in the intro sequence, including subtitles, a lack of the "episode clip" sequence, and the use of the theme music previously used only in the UK showings of the first season.<br />
*Kerry Norton (paramedic [[Layne Ishay]]) is the wife of Jamie Bamber (Lee "Apollo" Adama)<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''In ''Galactica's'' sickbay:''<br />
*:<b>Colonel Tigh:</b> (to Commander Adama) You never should have brought me back into the service. If you had just let me be, I'd have died back there on Caprica along with everyone else, and been happier for it. I don't want a command. I never did. Don't you dare die on me now.<br />
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* ''During a flashback sequence:''<br />
*:<b>Saul Tigh:</b> So, how'd you do it? How'd you get off this [[frak]]king freighter?<br />
*:<b>William Adama:</b> Connections. [[Anne Adama|Anne's]] father has a friend in the Defense Committee.<br />
*:<b>Saul Tigh:</b> So the new wife comes through. I wish I had in-laws with pull.<br />
*:<b>William Adama:</b> Give me a couple years. I'll have some pull. You watch me. I'll have my own battlestar someday.<br />
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* ''In ''Galactica's'' brig:''<br />
*:<b>President Laura Roslin:</b> (to Tigh) Colonel, once we find the fleet, I'd like to have a word with you.<br />
*:<b>Colonel Tigh:</b> There's nothing to talk about. You went up against [[William Adama | the old man]] and you lost.<br />
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* ''Tigh's pep talk to the [[CIC]] crew:''<br />
*: '''Tigh''': This is his command. His orders are still the word of the Gods on board this ship. Just so we're clear. This will be Adama's command until the day he dies. And we are not going to let him die. So say we all.<br />
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* ''On Caprica Valerii being "right":''<br />
*: '''Starbuck''': She's right, huh? Sharon the Cylon is right. Let's all just listen to Sharon the Cylon. Do whatever she says. Because that's a good idea. <br />
*: '''Helo''': Hey, Kara, she helped me get this far. <br />
*: '''Starbuck''': OK. I get it. I get it, Helo. You and I go way back, so I get it. All right? I remember how you felt about her, but she is not the real Sharon. That is some cheap, knock-off copy.<br />
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* ''After Starbuck shoots at Caprica Valerii:''<br />
*: '''Helo''': I'm not going to let you kill her. She's carrying my child.<br />
*: '''Starbuck''': My Gods, men are so painfully stupid sometimes! How do you know that?<br />
*: '''Helo''': I know, all right? She's not lying. <br />
*: '''Starbuck''': They lie about ''everything'', Helo. Their entire existence is a ''lie''. They're not human, Helo, they're machines. You can't have a baby with a ''machine''. <br />
*: '''Helo''': I don't know what to tell you, OK? But I believe her. It's hard to describe, we've been together for a long time. I mean, I know what she is, but she's not like the others! Look at me, she is not. <br />
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* ''Lee Adama gives his word to Tigh regarding his parole:''<br />
*: '''Adama''': All right, you have my parole. When I'm on duty, I will make no attempt to free her or sow insurrection among the crew. When I'm not on duty, I'll report back to this cell.<br />
*: '''Tigh''': (matter-of-factly) Pre-flight brief is underway in the ready room.<br />
*: '''Adama''': Right.<br />
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* ''Starbuck, upon the realization that Caprica Valerii has just stolen her Cylon Raider:''<br />
*: '''Starbuck''': Bitch took my ride...<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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=== From [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/ RDM's blog] ===<br />
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* We've almost completed shooting the opening of Season Two, with [[Michael Rymer]] back at the helm filming a two-parter written by [[David Weddle]] & [[Bradley Thompson]] called 'Scattered' and '[[Valley of Darkness]].' Things have been going well so far, with a good mood on the set and a feeling of satisfaction and pride running through the whole team at their accomplishments in year one and anticipation for year two."<br />
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=== From the [[podcast]] ===<br />
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* ''Regarding the bar room scenes (i.e. how [[Saul Tigh]] and [[William Adama]] met) that were filmed, but weren't fully utilized:''<br />
*: "We were going to open this show, with just that scene, to show how the two men met. And then come into this scene we're watching now, where Tigh takes command of ''Galactica'', and Adama's been shot, and there's all this chaos. And the episode was going to continue to sort of flashback onto their relationship. On the early days of Tigh and Adama. [...] And we shot those sequences. And edited it together, and we looked at them, but ultimately we didn't like them. We just didn't feel -- they weren't quite the show. [...] You can't really put your finger on any particular person, except maybe me, because it is my concept. [...] I don't know if I created, or had the writers of this episode, [[Bradley Thompson]] and [[David Weddle]], I don't know if I really gave them a rich enough environment to tell that backstory. "<br />
* ''On splitting the original "Scattered" into "Scattered" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]".''<br />
*: "We've always struggled with the length of our scripts, the length of our episodes. If you look at it, there's only 40 minutes and change of actual program content. And our scripts tend to run, in the early drafts, in the 50s or low 50s. [...] 60 page scripts are not unheard of. An ideal page script for us, going into shooting, is usually around 46-47 pages. Sometimes we make that, sometimes we don't. [...] And I think we did on 'Scattered', I think in the final draft it was around 47-48 pages. The shows are still too huge. They're still too long. The style of storytelling -- I might have talked about this before -- just requires spending more time on character, creating moments, really, sort of, taking your time as you go through the show. [...] So we essentially divided it into two and created another action storyline for part two."<br />
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=== Interviews===<br />
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* ''[[Jamie Bamber]] talks about the challenge of filming the episode's opening act:''<br />
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: So far this season I've been given great stuff to do, and [[Lee Adama|as my character]] I've been very careful not to apologize for the decision he made in ''[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Kobol's Last Gleaming]]''. It's the one thing that Lee can claim as his own act and he's not about to second guess himself. [[Michael Rymer]] [who directed ''Kobol's Last Gleaming'' and ''Scattered''] and I got together early on and decided that would be the case. We could have taken Lee down either path. He could have felt massive guilt in the way in which his father is gunned down seconds after betraying him, and then not having the chance to put that right. It would have been easy to go back and question what he did, but I think the character is far more interesting and stronger for not doing that. Lee is standing on his own two feet and moving forward, which he has to do. <ref name="starburst_71_19-20">Steven Eramo, "Jamie Bamber: A Man for all Seasons". <u>Starburst</u>, Special 71: [http://bsgmedia.org/gallery/albums/StarburstScans/BSGscan11.jpg 19]-[http://bsgmedia.org/gallery/albums/StarburstScans/BSGscan12.jpg 20]</ref><br />
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* ''In issue #348 of ''Starlog'' magazine, p.33, Nicki Clyne (Cally) said:''<br />
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:"Cally is supposed to provide the Chief firecover by shooting at the Cylons. I focused on doing it right, because the weapons experts showed me how to aim and fire the guns, but the director said "No, you're shooting those weapons ''too'' well. Remember, Cally hasn't fired a weapon since basic training!" But I figured, "Hey, if ''I'' can learn to shoot a gun that quickly, then Cally certainly can". That was my defense!"<br />
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* "We shot a scene where I’m in the brig, and [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] is trying to get in my face, and I’m all, 'Just shoot me now, you pussy.' It was great." -- [[Grace Park]], <ref>http://scifi.about.com/od/bgsonscifi/a/parkinter2_2.htm</ref><br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]]<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Alonso Oyarzun]] as Specialist [[Socinus]] <br />
*[[Kerry Norton]] as Paramedic [[Layne Ishay]]<br />
*[[Kurt Evans]] as Paramedic [[Howard Kim]]<br />
*[[Chris Shields]] as Corporal [[Venner]]<br />
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Jennifer Halley]] as [[Diana Seelix]]<br />
*[[Warren Christie]] as [[Tarn]]<br />
*[[Ty Olsson]] as Captain [[Aaron Kelly]]<br />
*[[Nicholas Treeshin]] as Sergeant [[Watkins]]<br />
*[[Michael Tayles]] as [[Flyboy]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Aleks Paunovic]] as Sergeant [[Omar Fischer]]<br />
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image =bsg-klg2-1.jpg<br />
| title=Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II<br />
| series=<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=13<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Ronald D. Moore]]<br />
| story=[[David Eick]]<br />
| director=[[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production=113<br />
| rating= 2.5<br />
| US airdate=2005-04-01<br />
| UK airdate=2005-01-24<br />
| dvd= {{Season 1 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 1 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| podcast=y<br />
| population=47887<br />
| oldpopulation=47897<br />
| extra= '''Season Finale'''<br />
| prev=[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]<br />
| next=[[Scattered]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''Starbuck has gone to Caprica. Adama insists Roslin must stand down as President. When she refuses, he is forced to deal with that situation while simultaneously adapting the plan to rid themselves of the Cylon baseship over Kobol.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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=== In the Fleet ===<br />
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* [[William Adama|Adama]] challenges [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] over [[Kara Thrace]]'s actions with the [[Cylon Raider]] (which occurred in the last episode) and she admits her role in helping [[Kara Thrace]].<br />
* Adama requests her resignation as President. Roslin refuses. He states he is terminating her presidency. When she reveals the press is recording the conversation, he hangs up.<br />
* He isolates ''[[Colonial One]]'' using the [[CAP]] to physically isolate it, and by jamming all communications from it. He then orders [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] and [[Lee Adama]] to set-up a strike force to take ''Colonial One''.<br />
* Visiting [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] in sickbay, Adama asks her to fly a dangerous mission: take a Raptor fitted with a Cylon [[IFF]] transponder, jump to the Cylon [[Baseship|baseship]] orbiting Kobol and drop a nuclear bomb into its landing bay before jumping clear.<br />
* Roslin refuses Adama's final request to yield and her security team ready themselves for an assault.<br />
* The strike team flies to an isolated ''Colonial One'' aboard two Raptors, lead by Tigh and Lee Adama, and they start cutting their way into the ship.<br />
* A confrontation ensues between Colonial forces and Roslin's security. It is broken only when Lee Adama sides with his conscience, and turns on Tigh. Afraid of a bloodbath, Roslin surrenders and Lee Adama is arrested.<br />
* Roslin is returned to the ''Galactica'' after the failed standoff and is placed in the brig, while Lee Adama is in irons in CIC for mutiny.<br />
* [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] and [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] arrive in CIC following the success of the attack on the baseship near [[Kobol]], and as he thanks them, Boomer shoots Adama twice in the chest at point blank range, seriously wounding him.<br />
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=== On Kobol ===<br />
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*[[Raptor]] 1 has crashed down on [[Kobol]] and is on fire, as the crew struggle to get out and remove the bodies of the dead and injured, [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] becomes trapped by fire in the back of the vehicle.<br />
* [[Crashdown]] tries to help him, but Baltar is too terrified to move. [[Number Six|Six]] appears and gives Baltar the strength to escape by giving the impression ''she'' is helping him out of the ship.<br />
* As they get clear, the ship explodes, and Baltar wanders into the long grass before collapsing, as the rest of the crew start checking on their injured.<br />
* Boomer's Raptor makes it through the Cylon perimeter around the baseship situated above Kobol, but the bomb release mechanism fails, forcing them to land inside the basestar and attempt a manual removal of the bomb.<br />
* While there, Boomer encounters a number of her "sisters". While she tries to claim she is human, they inform her she cannot escape destiny.<br />
* After she leaves on the Raptor, her "sisters" make no attempt to disarm or remove the bomb. The baseship is destroyed in a massive nuclear explosion.<br />
* On Kobol, Baltar recognises Six "saved" him, and she takes him to see exactly why he has been chosen by God, and she walks him towards the ruined [[Opera House]].<br />
* Entering it, he is shown the "face of things to come", apparently a baby in a crib, the "first of the new generation of God's children" - and he is to be their protector.<br />
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=== On Caprica ===<br />
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* [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Valerii]] has taken [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] to hide near the [[Delphi]] Museum of the Colonies.<br />
* She is aware of the importance of the [[Arrow of Apollo]].<br />
* They have discussed the fact that she is a Cylon (rather than a Cylon-created human clone as Helo suggested ([[Colonial Day]])).<br />
* She reveals her relationship with him is important as it brings the Cylons closer to God. She also reveals she is pregnant.<br />
* Starbuck completes her long-range jump and arrives over [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. Passing through Cylon lines, she sets down in Delphi and heads for the museum.<br />
* Locating the [[Arrow of Apollo]] she is confronted by [[Number Six|Six]] and a fight ensues in which Starbuck is initially badly beaten, before a last-minute rush sends them both over a landing, killing Six. <br />
* Helo comes to Starbuck's aid, and she panics when she sees Valerii, immediately realizing that Valerii is a Cylon. Helo stops Starbuck from shooting her, citing that she's pregnant.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
* Are Adama's wounds fatal? ([[Resistance_(episode)|Answer]])<br />
* What will be the public reaction when news of [[Laura Roslin|Roslin's]] arrest finally breaks through the communication's embargo? ([[Home, Part I|Answer]])<br />
* Who will take over as the civil leader with Roslin in the brig and [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] "lost" somewhere on the surface of [[Kobol]]? ([[Fragged|Answer]])<br />
* How will [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] rise to the demands of command? ([[Fragged|Answer]]) <br />
* What is the baby in the crib? ([[Home, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* If the Cylons understand the significance of the Arrow of Apollo (and by extension, the Tomb of Athena), why don't they use them themselves to find [[Earth]]? <br />
* Are the Cylons genuinely interested in Earth, or has it simply been a means to bring them to Kobol? ([[Torn|Answer]])<br />
* Why didn't the sound of Starbuck's Raider landing attract Helo's attention sooner? He is across the road from the museum, and so could hardly fail to see it touch down, or see Starbuck climb the steps to the museum itself.<br />
* How did Six know Starbuck's name so readily? Is this a pointer to her being in communication with her "sister" in Baltar's head? Or having been in communication with Conoy ([[Flesh and Bone]])? <br />
* Did Boomer sabotage the bomb release mechanism, thus forcing herself into landing on the baseship?<br />
* Why didn't [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] raise concerns about [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer's]] ability to survive in a vacuum on their return to ''Galactica'' (although there is no indication that there was a vacuum outside)? ([[Scattered|Answer]])<br />
*Is there a breathable atmosphere inside Cylon basestars? ([[Torn|Answer]])<br />
*Why do the Eights do nothing to stop the nuke?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*Caprica-Sharon is indeed pregnant; yes love and procreation were the keys to Cylon desire with her and Helo; yes her true nature would be revealed to her crewmates – if not directly through her actions in shooting Adama, then certainly through Starbuck’s return to the Galactica. While Starbuck is liable to be thrown into the brig on her return, that’s no reason for Tigh and others not to believe claims about Boomer in light of what she has seen on Caprica and what has happened in CIC. <br />
*That he was seeing into the future is clear: but is the child he sees the product of Helo’s relationship with Valerii, or his own (future) relationship with a corporeal Six? On the one hand, much of what is seen points to the child being born of Valerii: she admits her condition to Helo (and thus opens the door to him remaining on Caprica with her while Starbuck returns to the Galactica with the Arrow) and the Cylons were apparently aiming for her to become pregnant by Helo (or at least, Doral and Six showed no surprised when she reported her lovemaking with him). But – Six’s words to Baltar as she prepares him to see the future are interesting: “You are the guardian and protector of a new generation of God’s children,” – a somewhat neutral explanation that comes before she smiles, catches her breath and adds, “The first member of our family will be with us soon, Gaius.” This could be a reference to the fact that Valerii is pregnant; however the shift to the possessive “our family” and “with us” could be seen to indicate the child could be Baltar’s own. And again, how much more of an effective guardian and protector will Baltar be, if he is in fact protecting his own offspring, rather than that of another Cylon / human relationship? And if this is the case, where does that leave the Valerii / Helo relationship?<br />
*This episode reveals some more about Number Six: if the offspring on the crib she sees with Baltar is that of Valerii and Helo, then it would more or less confirm that she is in contact with corporeal Cylons elsewhere – how else would she know of the developing Valerii / Helo situation otherwise as it started after her “death”? Similarly, it is interesting to note the degree of savagery involved in the beating Six gives Starbuck. In many respects, it mirrors the beating she gave Valerii in “Litmus”; at the time, the viciousness she showed seemed to be linked to the jealousy evident between her and Valerii. We now know that Six has been affected by Baltar’s reaction to sleeping with Starbuck (“Kobol’s Last Gleaming, Part 1”); could the physical beating Starbuck receives be a manifestation of the jealousy she feels for what happened on the Galactica, transmitted to her corporeal sister? <br />
*How will the fleet react once word of Roslin’s arrest breaks through the communications blackout the Galactica inflicted on Colonial One? What can the civilians do? In many respects Adama holds all the cards – or would do, were he in a fit condition. His ship is the key to the protection of the fleet, and she is pretty much unassailable. Therefore, it is hard to see anyone stepping too far out of line when it comes to making major decisions: where the fleet will go, what it will do, etc. But within the civilian community, it is hard not to see repercussions: Roslin has been arrested; Baltar is missing, possibly dead. Who is available to take the civil reigns? Wallace Gray ([[Colonial Day]])? Tom Zarek ([[Bastille Day]]; [[Colonial Day]]). Is it a coincidence that not too long before, at the Quorum of Twelve, Zarek himself raised the spectre of a military coup – and that’s more-or-less what they now have on their hands?<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* This episode takes place directly after those of "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]"<br />
* There are now 47,887 survivors in the Fleet, a net loss of 10 since "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I".<br />
* Cylon vessels are indeed capable of very long-range jumps<br />
* [[Delphi]] was once a cultural center on Caprica, and apparently held a lot of historical / religious artifacts<br />
* Cylon basestars appear bio-mechanical, like Raiders<br />
* In "[[Water]]" it was established that the ''Galactica'' had at least 5 [[Raptor|Raptors]] on board: [[William Adama|Adama]] orders Raptors to survey local star systems for water bearing planets, 5 are dispatched. This episode reveals ''Galactica'' has at least 6: 1 is destroyed over [[Kobol]], one crashes on Kobol; three take part in the raid on ''[[Colonial One]]'', 1 simultaneously carries a nuclear warhead to the Cylon basestar,<br />
*The use of [[IFF]] transponders by the Cylons is an indirect nod to [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]], in which [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] use an IFF-type device to identify their [[Cylon Raider#Original Series Raider|Raider]] to Colonial forces when they launch an attack on a Cylon Basestar ([[The Hand of God (TOS)]])<br />
*According to RDM's podcast, during the Starbuck/Number Six fight in the Delphi Museum, Katee Sackhoff and Tricia Helfer themselves actually perform the entire fight scene, with no stunt doubles.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''When Adama congratulates Boomer for destroying the basestar over Kobol:''<br />
:'''Commander Adama:''' Congratulations to both of you. You carried out a very difficult and dangerous mission, and you did it...despite any...personal misgivings you may or may not have had...and for that I'm very proud. Thank you.<br />
:'''Racetrack:''' Thank you, sir.<br />
:'''Boomer:''' Thank you, sir. (pulls out a gun and shoots Adama in the chest)<br />
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* ''In the Opera House on Kobol:''<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' I don't understand.<br />
:'''Number Six:''' Life has a melody, Gaius. A rhythm of notes that become your existence once played in harmony with God's plan. It's time to do your part and realize your destiny. <br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' Which is what, exactly?<br />
:'''Number Six:''' You are the guardian and protector of the new generation of God's children. The first member of our family will be with us soon, Gaius. It's time to make your choice.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' But I don't understand what you're talking about. Really, I don't understand-<br />
:'''Number Six:''' Come. See the face of the shape of things to come.<br />
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* ''On the Colonial One:''<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' Madam President, no one needs to get hurt here.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' Then why don't you get off my ship, Colonel.<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' I'm placing you under arrest.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' No...no, we're not doing this.<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' I'm in command here, Captain.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Colonel, this is wrong!<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' You're relieved! Fall back. Madam President, I would-<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' (pulls a gun on Tigh) Men, lay down your weapons.<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' Have you lost your frakking mind?<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Colonel, tell these Marines to fall back!<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' This is mutiny. You know that.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Yes I do, but you can tell my father that I'm listening to my instincts, and my instincts tell me that we cannot sacrifice our democracy just because the President makes a bad decision.<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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* ''Regarding [[Lee Adama]] and his development (and setbacks) incurred over the course of [[Season 1 (2004-05)]], as stated by [[Jamie Bamber]]:''<br />
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: I think he's his own man. I think he's a natural leader, but I don't think he's realised that yet. We are exploring it.<br />
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:At the end of the first season he's on his own again. I mean, he's always been an isolated figure in the first place because he doesn't really belong on the ''[[Galactica]]''. He doesn't even intend to be there but then the end of the world sort of catches him on the hop and that's where he has to make a start. He cuts a role out for himself as the "[[CAG]]," something he perhaps wasn't intending to do.<br />
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:And I think he comes into his own gradually. He surprises himself. But then again, at the end of the first season he disobeys an order, so that's basically burned all his bridges that he had with the crew of the ''[[Galactica]]''. <br />
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:So he's a lone thinker in many respects, but I think more and more you'll see him start to come out with true leadership qualities. <ref name="gateworld">[http://gateworld.net/galactica/articles/bamber01.shtml Gateworld Article on Jamie Banber]</ref><br />
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* ''Jamie Bamber on Lee Adama's evolution from this episode into the second season:''<br />
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: The difference fundamentally is that one moment in "Kobol's Last Gleaming" when he finally realizes that he's sense (sic) of duty and responsibility can and must extend beyond the [[Colonial Fleet|military hierarchy]] and include his own conscience and the law. The moment he turns his weapon on [[Saul Tigh|his superior]]. And that that is not wrong. <br />
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: As a result he finds himself [[brig|behind bars]], in exile, out of uniform and essentially orphaned, but through all this he finds out who he really is and he trusts it. Suddenly, with [[William Adama|his father]] dying, he sees people turn to him for leadership and that brings a realization that he must rise to the occasion and he does so through trusting his own judgment. He is surprised that his mutinous act aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'' has not marginalized him in [[the Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]]; just the opposite&mdash;it has actually highlighted him as a man of conscience, capable of impossibly difficult decisions. <ref name="inside_bsg_p50">"Inside Battlestar Galactica", <u>Sci-Fi Magazine</u> February 2006: [http://bsgmedia.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/0008a1hf.jpg 50]</ref><br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]]<br />
*[[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha]]<br />
*[[Alonso Oyarzun]] as Specialist [[Socinus]] <br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Jim Shield]] as [[Karma]]<br />
*[[Warren Christie]] as [[Tarn]]<br />
*[[Jen Halley]] as [[Diana Seelix]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
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[[de:Kobol, Teil II]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Kobol%27s_Last_Gleaming,_Part_I&diff=112729Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I2007-03-12T22:41:03Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Guest stars */</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image =Home_pt1-Kobol.jpg<br />
| title=Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I<br />
| series=<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=12<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Ronald D. Moore]]<br />
| story=[[David Eick]]<br />
| director=[[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production=112<br />
| rating= 2.2<br />
| US airdate=2005-03-25<br />
| UK airdate=2005-01-17<br />
| dvd= {{Season 1 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 1 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 47897<br />
| oldpopulation= 47898<br />
| prev=[[Colonial Day]]<br />
| next=[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]<br />
| podcast=Y<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''Battlestar ''Galactica'' discovers Kobol, and a chain of events are set in motion that threatens to change everything.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
* Following the [[Colonial Day (holiday)|Colonial Day]] celebrations, [[Gaius Baltar]] finally beds [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]], but as they make love, she cries out for [[Lee Adama]], shattering Baltar's mood.<br />
* Stricken by her apparent rejection of him in their coupling, Baltar in turn comes close to rejecting [[Number Six|Six]] and find it impossible to concentrate on anything – including his duties as Vice President.<br />
* Elsewhere on ship, [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] attempts to take her own life, but breaks down in tears before she can shoot herself. She is called to the Ready Room for a pre-flight briefing.<br />
* [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] discovers that her cancer treatment is not going well. Her cancer has spread to her lymphatic system, giving her perhaps 6 months to live.<br />
* Baltar verbally fences with Lee Adama and is somewhat insulting to Thrace, tipping Lee off that the doctor has slept with Thrace. Later, still thinking about Thrace, Baltar cracks in front of Roslin.<br />
* Following a recon mission, Boomer and [[Crashdown]] return to ''[[Galactica]]'' with evidence they have stumbled upon [[Kobol]].<br />
* Determined to have things out with Thrace, Lee confronts her in the [[Hangar Deck]], and the two come to blows. Thrace realizes that her actions with Baltar have hurt Lee Adama.<br />
* Reviewing the evidence returned by Boomer and Crashdown, Roslin has a vision which [[Elosha]] confirms to be the [[City of the Gods]] on Kobol.<br />
* Roslin has two further visions – the [[Arrow of Apollo]] and the [[Tomb of Athena]], and accepts the scriptures as fact.<br />
* Boomer, still confused, attempts to take her own life – “encouraged” by Baltar in defiance of Six.<br />
* When [[William Adama|Adama]] reviews the evidence, he orders an extensive surface survey of the planet, seeing it as an opportunity for them to settle. Warned he should get off ''Galactica'' by Six, Baltar assigns himself to the survey.<br />
* Roslin tries to convince Adama that Kobol will point the way to [[Earth]], but they must use the captured [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]] to return to [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] and retrieve the Arrow of Apollo.<br />
* Three Raptors depart ''Galactica'' for Kobol, but on arrival they find themselves in the midst of a Cylon force of Raiders – and a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]].<br />
* One Raptor is destroyed, and one - carrying Baltar – crash-lands on Kobol.<br />
* Before a rescue mission can be launched, the basestar must be taken out – and Starbuck hatches a plan to do just this using the captured Raider.<br />
* Hearing this, Roslin meets with Starbuck and convinces her into going to Caprica instead to retrieve the Arrow, by telling her that Adama does not actually know where Earth is.<br />
[[Image:bsg-klg1-1.jpg|thumb|right|Adama studies ancient documents on Kobol.<br>(c) Universal]]<br />
===On Caprica=== <br />
* [[Karl Agathon|Helo]], alone and on the run, encounters “his” [[Sharon Agathon|Valerii]]. He shoots and wounds her. Unable to kill her outright, he takes her with him.<br />
* When Valerii tries to talk to him, Helo cuts her off and insists that to him she is only a way off the planet.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
* Why did the Thirteen Tribes leave [[Kobol]]? (Answer: In a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)|deleted scene]], Col. Tigh asks [[Elosha]] this same question, and she says that one God decided that he should be raised up above all others, and rebelled, and this triggered the cataclysm that drove humans off of Kobol.)<br />
* What happened to the gods who lived on Kobol “with man”?<br />
* Did the gods remain on Kobol after humanity left? <br />
* Given the similarities with the Greek pantheon, did the gods decide to follow the 13th tribe to Earth, thus establishing the myths of the Olympian gods?<br />
* Do the Cylons consider Kobol as their spiritual home as well (“The birthplace of us all” – [[Leoben Conoy]], "[[Flesh and Bone]]")?<br />
* Did Boomer's Cylon personality interfere in her attempt at suicide, resulting in her wounding herself, or did her human personality lack the conviction of the act, resulting in the wound? Or was it simply an accident that she missed?<br />
* Given that [[Cylon transponder]]s were aboard ''Galactica'', why did the Cylons make such an attempt to destroy ''Galactica'' during their first attack - up to and including deploying nuclear weapons against her? Was the device inactive - if so, why was it in [[CIC]] in the first place ([[Miniseries]])?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*''Why would Starbuck have sex with Baltar?'' As Starbuck said, she feels she is a screwup. Based on what we have seen and heard of Starbuck throughout the season, and specifically Apollo's comments in this episode, she has a history of recklessly diving into physical relations with no thought whatsoever as to the consequences; Starbuck instinctively starts thinking something must be wrong when things are going right, such as her growing relationship with Apollo, because she's so used to things going wrong. Also, Lee left her dancing with Baltar in the last episode.<br />
*When Sharon shoots herself, she is holding an automatic pistol, but the sound was that of the larger sidearms carried by pilots when flying off-ship missions (only slightly suppressed), rather than the report of a "normal" pistol being fired.<br />
*When Roslin tells Starbuck that she is dying from breast cancer, she says that she only told three people. However, four people ([[Cottle|Doctor Cottle]], [[Billy]], [[Apollo]], and [[Elosha]]) actually knew of Roslin's illness by this time. Whether this was a continuity error or whether Roslin simply misspoke is unknown.<br />
**Billy inferred her condition before she told him, ([[Miniseries]]), so maybe she is being very particular, since he did not learn of it through her telling him.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*Kara leaves Baltars quarters at the start of the episode with her blue dress from "[[Colonial Day]]". It seems like this episode continues directly on from the previous episode.<br />
*There are now 47,897 survivors in the fleet, a net loss of 1 since "Colonial Day".<br />
*[[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] is beginning to run short of supplies.<br />
*Humans departed Kobol for the Twelve Colonies some 2,000 years prior to the setting of the series .<br />
*Kobol is a place where the "gods and man lived ''together' in paradise".<br />
*Some of the "gods" appear to be buried on Kobol, as demonstrated by the [[Tomb of Athena]].<br />
*[[Socinus]] has been released from the brig and returned to duty; Socinus' release from the brig by [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] was filmed, but ended up on the [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)|cutting room floor]].<br />
*[[Ellen Tigh]] does not appear in this episode, but she is present in deleted scenes. <br />
*The [[Cylon transponder]] is an indirect nod to the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the Original Series]], in which [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] use an IFF-type device to identify their [[Cylon Raider#Original Series Raider|Raider]] to Colonial forces when they launch an attack on a Cylon basestar ([[The Hand of God (TOS)]]).<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''In the bunk room, when Gaius Baltar interrupts Sharon Valeri’s second attempt at suicide:'' <br />
:'''Sharon Valerii:''' (as she pretends to be cleaning her hand gun) What’s going on?<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' (cautiously) Well, I was going to ask you the same question. Actually, I was looking for Lieutenant Thrace but...sometimes it’s good to...talk these things over. <br />
:'''Number Six:''' (feigning pity) Deep down she knows she’s a Cylon, but her conscious mind won’t accept it.<br />
:'''Sharon Valerii:''' Sometimes I have these dark thoughts.<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' What kind of dark thoughts?<br />
:'''Number Six:''' Her model is weak, always has been. But in the end she’ll carry out her mission.<br />
:'''Sharon Valerii:''' I don’t know, but I’m afraid I’m going to hurt someone. I feel like I ought to be stopped. <br />
:'''Number Six:''' (moving to the other side of Boomer) She can’t be stopped. She’s a Cylon. You can’t help her, Gaius...but you could probably sleep with her. That’s what you want, right?<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' (to Boomer) I’m not sure why...sometimes...we must embrace that which opens up for us...<br />
:'''Sharon Valerii:''' Embrace?<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' Life can be a curse as well as a blessing. (his voice becomes more intense) You will believe me when I tell you: there are far worse things than death in this world.<br />
:'''Sharon Valerii:''' So you’re saying…?<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' No. No, no, no. What I say...is meaningless. Listen to your heart. Embrace that which you know to be the right decision.<br />
:(They look at each other as Six regards Baltar with a look of complete incomprehension, then Baltar stands and kisses Boomer on the forehead before walking out of the bunkroom. Seconds later there is the sound of a single gunshot from inside.)<br />
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* ''On the hangar deck:''<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Going hunting?<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' (loading ammunition into the Cylon Raider) I'm manning the gunnery for the Jump test tomorrow. See if our boy here can shoot anything with our ammo.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' So it's a boy now.<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' I changed my mind.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' You ever wonder why everyone else calls it a "she", but to you, it's a "he"?<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' That's fascinating, Lee. You should write a paper.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Well, that's not really my style. I'm not as smart as...say, Doctor Baltar. How is the Vice President, by the way?<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' I don't know. Haven't seen him.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' (thinks for a second) So...he's a love-them and leave-them kind of guy, I guess.<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' I guess.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Ships just pass in the night...<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' Yep.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Didn't mean a thing.<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' No.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' You were just bored, looking for something to do. So frakking the Vice President of the Colonies seemed like a great waste of time!<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' Do you want something from me?<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Not a thing-<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' -because I don't owe you anything.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' No, you don't owe me anything. because I'm just a CAG, and you're just a pilot. A pilot who can't keep her pants on! Oh, it's just like old times, Kara. Like when you got drunk and you couldn't keep your hands off the Major-<br />
:(Kara turns around and swings a punch at Lee, but Lee returns the favor by punching Kara in the eye)<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Why'd you do it, Kara? Just tell me why.<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' Because I'm a screwup, Lee. Try to keep that in mind.<br />
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* ''As Kara Thrace pilots the Cylon Raider in a weapons test, she contacts Commander Adama:''<br />
:'''Commander Adama:''' (to Kara) Go ahead.<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' I believed you. Believed in Earth.<br />
:'''Commander Adama:''' What are you doing, Starbuck?<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' Bringing home the cat, sir.<br />
:'''Commander Adama:''' We can talk about this.<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' No, I don't think so.<br />
:'''Commander Adama:''' I want you to remember one thing. I do not regret anything that I did. Be sure that whatever you're going to do, you don't regret it later. Do you understand me?<br />
:'''Kara Thrace:''' I guess we'll find out. (Starbuck uses the FTL computer to Jump to Caprica)<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Galactica, Apollo. Starbuck has jumped away. Repeat, Starbuck has jumped away.<br />
:'''Colonel Tigh:''' She wasn't scheduled for a Jump test! Where the hell did she go?<br />
:'''Commander Adama:''' Home.<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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=== Regarding Lack of Definitive Information Regarding [[Kobol]] ===<br />
{{from_RDM_blog}} <br />
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:"In the last two episodes it is noted by the priestess that the thirteen tribes left [[Kobol]] about "2000 years ago" and the initial estimate of the age of the ruins is the same, but nothing is concrete of course. This is where I have a problem: They were obviously a star faring civilization to leave Kobol to being with. To do so requires information technology. Why is their history of that time so sketchy and lacking of concrete records? Yes it was 2000 years in the past but come on, it's not like they only had [[Wikipedia:papyrus|papyrus]] to write on. "<br />
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:I've been presupposing some kind of cataclysm or crisis that occurred soon after mankind settled on the 12 worlds which either wiped out the knowledge base or had it deliberately destroyed for some reason. This doesn't seem that implausible when one considers that a tremendous amount of knowledge from the Greco-Roman tradition was lost after the fall of the [[Wikipedia:Roman Empire|Roman Empire]] and plunged the western world into the so called [[Wikipedia:Dark Ages|Dark Ages]]. Clearly, the Colonials did not fall all the way back to papyrus, and they do in fact, know that they are descendants of refugees from Kobol, hence the term "[[Colonies]]." They must have possessed star-faring technology at the time of the exodus, but I don't know how far we'll go into this specific backstory in the series, however.<br />
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=== Other Statements ===<br />
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* ''[[Jamie Bamber]] talks about his response to the argument held between [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Lee Adama]] in this episode:''<br />
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: It's sort of an explosion of jealousy that is a complete surprise to him because I don't think he's ... he's not fully aware of what he feels. There's something quite like a gut reaction that really was exciting to play. It was a surprise to me. [http://gateworld.net/galactica/articles/bamber01.shtml]<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]]<br />
*[[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Alonso Oyarzun]] as Specialist [[Socinus]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Stephen Spender]] as Pilot<br />
*[[James Bell]] as [[ECO]]<br />
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[[de:Kobol, Teil I]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Colonial_Day&diff=112728Colonial Day2007-03-12T22:40:26Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Guest stars */</p>
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<div>: ''This article refers to the [[List of All Episodes|episode]] "Colonial Day". For the holiday itself, see [[Colonial Day (holiday)]].''<br />
{{Episode Data<br />
| image =bsg-1-11.jpg<br />
| title=Colonial Day<br />
| series=<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=11<br />
| guests=[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
| writer=[[Carla Robinson]]<br />
| story=<br />
| goof= Y<br />
| director=[[Jonas Pate]]<br />
| production=111<br />
| rating= 2.3<br />
| US airdate=2005-03-18<br />
| UK airdate=2005-01-10<br />
| dvd= {{Season 1 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 1 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 47898<br />
| oldpopulation= 47898<br />
| podcast=y<br />
| prev=[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]<br />
| next=[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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: ''Colonial Day is due, and [[Laura Roslin]] is using the occasion to institute an interim [[Quorum of Twelve]]; then [[Tom Zarek]], duly selected as the representative of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Sagittaron|Sagittaron]], stands for the post of Vice President, a position Roslin is determined he will not hold.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
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*[[Colonial Day (holiday)|Colonial Day]], the annual anniversary of the signing of the [[Articles of Colonization]], has arrived. President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] has formed a new [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]], the legislative branch of the Colonial [[Government]], and has decided to have her unveiling of the new Quorum coincide with the patriotic holiday<br />
*A tension erupts when terrorist/criminal [[Tom Zarek]] wins nomination as [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Sagittaron|Sagittaron]] representitive on the Quorum. Roslin feels she cannot remove him, as he won the election fairly (many on Sagittaron view him as a hero of their downtrodden Tribe).<br />
*At the first meeting of the Quorum, Zarek creates a crisis by insisting that the vacant post of Vice President be filled by a special vote of the Quorum, in case anything should happen to Roslin – a move that is surprisingly seconded by [[Gaius Baltar]] (when prodded by Number Six)– Tom Zarek is thereupon nominated as a vice presidential candidate. He has been using his men on the Astral Queen to perform technical favors for several other ships, to the support of several, plus he plays on various disatisfactions in the refugee fleet.<br />
*Roslin responds by pushing [[Wallace Gray]], a presidential aide, into standing as an alternative candidate.<br />
*Manipulating the [[Colonial Gang|media]], Zarek makes headway in his desire to secure the position as Vice President, while a man named [[Valance]] plots in secret to carry out an assasinate plot against her – possibly orchestrated by Zarek.<br />
*Surprisingly, it is Gaius Baltar who comes to her aid: flashing his pre-attack charsima, he gives an eloquent speech to the media that reminds the people of Roslin’s qualities and Zarek’s questionable background (trying to look supportive of Roslin and look more favorable). Roslin realizes that Baltar is quite popular in the Fleet (particularly following the unmasking of a [[Six Degrees of Separation|Cylon plot to discredit him]] and has Gray relinquish his position as her nominee in favor of Baltar.<br />
*Baltar wins the nomination through a close vote, as the Quorum is evenly split, but as president Roslin is allowed to cast the tie breaking vote which enables Baltar's victory – but Zarek makes it clear matters are far from over: there is still the presidential elections due in 6 months. Roslin introduces Baltar as the victor at the Colonial Day Celebration. <br />
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=== On Caprica: === <br />
*[[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Valerii]] have reached the outskirts of [[Delphi]] <br />
*Helo ponders how he could have seen two women who look exactly the same helping the Cylons, after recently seeing a Number Six copy leading a squad of Centurions. Quickly putting two and two together (the Cylons had probably tried to make sure that Helo never saw humanoid Cylons before, so he wouldn't suspect Caprica-Sharon) and considers the [[Humanoid Cylon|Humanoid Cylons]] to be some sort of human "replicants", created by the Cylons using human DNA. Helo realizes that this would explain the rapid fall of the Twelve Colonies, as the humanoid Cylons must have infiltrated the Colonies to soften them up for an invasion.<br />
*Caprica-Sharon uses this idea as a means of testing his possible feelings towards her, should she reveal her true identity. She starts to say that maybe the humanoid Cylons are mislead or that their attack on the Colonies were wrong and they might doubt that it was the right thing to do (her own current thoughts), but Helo dismisses this as he feels they're just more Cylons.<br />
*Later, as they try to enter the Cylon base at Delphi, Helo sees another Valerii copy, and instantly realises the truth, flashing through his adventures on Caprica and all of the coincidences surrounding his escape – at which point he immediately runs away from both Caprica-Sharon and the base.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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*Just how much freedom of movement within the fleet have Zarek’s people gained since the events of [[Bastille Day]]? ([[The Farm|Answer]]: While Zarek seems to be allowed unrestricted access to any vessel in the fleet his fellow inmates still appear to be confined to the [[Astral Queen]]. He is probably one of the prisoners that has been paroled after earning "freedom points" for work performed for the Fleet).<br />
*Will Zarek be able to use this apparent freedom to rally support for the forthcoming elections? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer]])<br />
*Was Zarek really behind the suspected attempt on Roslin’s life? <br />
*How does the Quorum of Twelve relate to the Office of the President? Does it function in a similar manner to the US Congress? [[Government of the Twelve Colonies|Answer]]<br />
*Who killed Valance?<br />
*When exactly is Colonial Day, the day? Reporter [[James McManus]] states that it will coincide with the first meeting of the interim [[Quorum of Twelve]], but Commander Adama also gives the day as "Colonial Day" at Baltar's victory gala, two days later.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*By this point in the late first season, the writers and actors seem to have gained an increasingly better grasp of the story they are trying to tell, and the dialogue, characterization, and plot developments are flowing much more smoothly than in the early learning-curve period of "[[Water]]" and "[[Bastille Day]]".<br />
*It seems a small cheat that Cloud Nine has not been seen before, but this is explained as that she was heavily damaged and undergoing repairs until now.<br />
*It is slightly odd that [[Wallace Gray]] is supposedly one of Roslin's top aides and has played a large role in the work of her administration, but has not been seen until now. Of course, this is the mechanics of introducing new characters on a tv series at play. However, Roslin ''is'' often followed around by many nameless aides with the implication that there are more working for her "off screen" than a given episode focuses on (in the podcasts, Ron Moore and David Eick have said that they feel they make Roslin seem more official onscreen). <br />
*It is ironic that Baltar himself makes no drive to put himself on the road to power; Roslin (and other major characters) make him vice president because they prefer him over Zarek (even though Roslin admits that she does not like Baltar or particularly trust him, and admits that it is a "choose the devil you know" situation.<br />
*Despite being a clever manipulator of human emotion, Number Six seems also capable of immature self-delusion by convincing herself that Baltar can have sex with whoever he wants, such as [[Playa Palacios]], but this is irrelevant because his "heart" is hers: this goes to show how "human" the biomechanical Cylons can be, as even though they are "machines" they have advanced to the point that they exhibit human emotional foibles. <br />
*Caprica-Sharon is showing more symptoms of being pregnant, as well as guilt over the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies. She now feels the attack was wrong and the Cylons are misguided/self-deluded.<br />
*During Season 1, several critics and fans expressed that they thought it odd that Helo never suspected Caprica-Sharon of being a [[Humanoid Cylon]] at all. However, this is an unfair criticism: Helo was not present on ''Galactica'' when the existence of humanoid Cylon models was revealed, and very probably during their experiment the Cylons attempted to avoid exposing Helo to humanoid Cylon models (after his initial "capture" by a single Number Six). Helo only sees a second Number Six copy in this episode because it is after he and Caprica-Sharon went on the run from the Cylons for real, after Caprica-Sharon's change of heart. —— Putting these accusations of Helo's unperceptiveness to rest, in this episode immediately after seeing a second Number Six (when last we saw him in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]") within minutes Helo ''on his own'' theorizes that the Cylons must have created human models or DNA replicants of some sort, who must have been infiltrating Colonial society as Trojan Horses, explaining the rapid fall of the Twelve Colonies. Later, when Helo sees another Sharon-model Cylon copy, after recovering from his shock the events of the past two months instantly fit together in his mind, he realizes he has been duped, and he (prudently) runs away.<br />
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== Notes == <br />
*10 days have passed since the events of [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]].<br />
*The office of the President operates in conjunction with the Quorum of Twelve, a council of representatives of the Twelve Colonies.<br />
*The Articles of Colonisation were signed 52 years ago.<br />
**Given the Twelve Colonies have been inhabited for millennia, the Articles therefore don't directly relate to the settlement of these worlds.<br />
**However, given the timeframe (52 years) and its proximity to the first Cylon War, perhaps the original articles were the document that united the Twelve Colonies to fight the threat of the Cylons, and became the basis for their peaceful co-operation after the war.<br />
*Issues surrounding the distribution of food and medical supplies are beginning to cause concern within the fleet.<br />
*Despite being "isolated" aboard the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' ([[Bastille Day]]), Zarek has managed to use his time to build up contacts within the fleet and offer assistance to other vessels - so much so that the representative from Virgon is only too willing to throw his support behind Zarek.<br />
*Apparently convicted felons lose their citizenship under Sagittarian penal law but have it automatically reinstated after they finish serving their sentences. This included the right to vote and to stand for election.<br />
*This episode contains the first glimpse of the Cylon [[Heavy Raider]], which is seen landing on Cylon-occupied [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]].<br />
*After Valance's assassination, the whiteboard on ''[[Colonial One]]'' shows 47,898 survivors in the fleet, a net loss of 7 since [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].<br />
*This episode is the first to show (however briefly) a version of [[Number Eight]] that isn't "Sharon Valerii".<br />
*Boomer-Valerii only appears in this episode briefly, dancing with [[Felix Gaeta]] at the gala after Baltar's election.<br />
*Dr. Baltar apparently didn't give consent or even know of his nomination to a seat in the Quorum of Twelve, thus making it a little unclear how exactly the elections took place without a preexisting list of candidates.<br />
*[[James McManus]], host of [[The Colonial Gang]], doesn't seem to mind using [[frak|the F-word]] on the air.<br />
*The controversy surrounding whether [[Laura Roslin]] would shake [[Tom Zarek]]'s hand intentionally mirrored that at the signing of the [[wikipedia:Oslo Accords|Oslo Accords]] in 1993 about whether [[wikipedia:Yitzhak Rabin|Yitzhak Rabin]] would shake hands with [[wikipedia:Yasser Arafat|Yasser Arafat]].<br />
*Tom Zarek's statement "I shaved very close this morning in preparation for getting smacked by you." to Laura Roslin is a direct quote from the 1970 movie ''Patton''.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''Helo and Valerii have arrived in the vicinity of the Cylon base at Delphi, and the talk turns to the two women "helping" the Cylons:''<br />
:'''Helo:''' (Standing as Valerii crouches with her back to him, getting some food) I'm trying to make sense out of two women we saw with the Cylons.<br />
:'''Sharon Valeri:''' (keeping her back to him) And?<br />
:'''Helo:''' I can't fathom why anybody would want to help the toasters...and they just happen to be twins? It's too weird.<br />
:'''Sharon Valeri:''' You got a better explanation?<br />
:'''Helo:''' Do you think the Cylons could be messing with human DNA? (Valerii reacts, mouth opening as she looks away). Cloning people or something?<br />
:'''Sharon Valeri:''' (gathering herself and looking over her shoulder at Helo) Could be.<br />
:'''Helo:''' (nodding and crouching) That would explain how they took us by surprise. They had these...replicated humans infiltrating the colonies, laying the groundwork for the surprise attack.<br />
:'''Sharon Valeri:''' (pausing, as if considering this) You know, if they were human clones, that means they're capable of...complex emotions - maybe even love. Maybe they were misguided in the way they were indoctrinated...<br />
:'''Helo:''' (interrupting) Whatever they are, they're not human! No human could do the things they've done - killed billions of innocent people (Valerii looks away, hurt)<br />
:'''Helo:''' They've got to be frakking Cylons, just like the rest of them...<br />
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* ''Gaius Baltar is interviewed by [[The Colonial Gang]]:''<br />
:'''[[James McManus]]:''' We're here with Dr. Gaius Baltar, representative of Caprica. Dr. Baltar, I have one question: is President Roslin's political career terminal, or is there hope of resuscitating it?<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' Laura Roslin's political career is very much alive, and to underestimate her would be a very serious mistake.<br />
:'''Number Six:''' You miss the loud mic, don't you Gaius?<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' Yes, I have.<br />
:'''James McManus:''' You have what, Dr. Baltar?<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' Nothing. You were saying?<br />
:'''James McManus:''' Yes. So you seriously believe that this schoolteacher is able to handle the job of presidency?<br />
:'''Gaius Baltar:''' Well I'm glad to hear it, because I think all of us have had teachers who have made a profound impact on our lives. History is full of examples of leaders who have come from the most humble beginnings, and have risen to meet the challenge posed by cataclysmic events. It's very easy to be sitting there in your armchairs ... criticize Laura Roslin for the tough decisions that she has to make every day - especially if you're someone like Tom Zarek, who's never shouldered any real responsibility in your life. To be fair to Tom, how could he? He's been in prison for the last twenty years. Now that he's had a drastic personality makeover, he's posing like he's the savior to all your ills! I think you all have a short memory, really. ... What I have to say is, we must survive, and we will survive. And we will do so through the values that have made our colonies great: courage, truth, justice, liberty, with a firm and deep resolve to make tomorrow better, not just for ourselves, but for our children.<br />
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* ''Baltar and Six discuss jealousy and women, prompted by [[Playa Palacios]]'s behavior:''<br />
: '''Gaius Baltar''': She's only human. (notes Six's reaction) You're not jealous?<br />
: '''Number Six''': Love isn't about sex, Gaius.<br />
: '''Gaius Baltar''': Now there's an enlightened point of view.<br />
: '''Number Six''': I've been thinking... and as far as I'm concerned, you can have any woman you want. But always remember, I have your heart. <br />
: '''Gaius Baltar''': Yes, of course you do. <br />
: '''Number Six''': (deadly serious) I can always rip it out of your chest if I need to. <br />
: '''Gaius Baltar''': (coughs, as if in reaction to a pain in his chest)<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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* ''"I'm part of the nitpick brigade, but since the Colonies are obviously modeled after the US system of government, right down to the line of succession, are legislative and judicial branches? If so what are they called and will we see any manifestation of either branch take shape as series progresses?"''<br />
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:In Episode 11, "Colonial Day" we'll see the reinstatement of the [[Quorum of Twelve]], a political body established in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original series]], which seems to be a cross between a US style Senate and the UN Security Council, where each Colony has a single vote. Presumably there was also a larger representative legislative body and some kind of separate judiciary. There is also a religious body, (unnamed thus far) that acts in some advisory capacity to the government, along the lines of the British House of Lords. Although we haven't dealt with it yet, [[Elosha]] was probably a member of this body.<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Robert Wisden]] as [[Wallace Gray]]<br />
*[[David Kaye]] as [[James McManus]]<br />
*[[Alex Zahara]] as [[Valance]]<br />
*[[Patrick Gallagher]] as [[Leon Grimes]]<br />
*[[Malcolm Stewart]] as [[Marshall Bagott]] <br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Cailin Stadnyk]] as Ensign [[Davis]]<br />
*[[Christina Schild]] as [[Playa Palacios]]<br />
*[[Biski Gugushe]] as [[Sekou Hamilton]]<br />
*[[James Ashcroft]] as Spectator #1<br />
*[[Patricia Idlette]] as [[Sarah Porter]]<br />
*[[Mario Battista]] as Gardner<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by Carla Robinson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Jonas Pate]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Hand_of_God_(RDM)&diff=112727The Hand of God (RDM)2007-03-12T22:39:22Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Guest stars */</p>
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<div>:''This article details an episode of the [[Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the [[Original Series]] episode of the same name, see [[The Hand of God (TOS)]].''<br />
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{{Episode Data<br />
| image =HandofGod.jpg<br />
| title=The Hand of God<br />
| series=<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=10<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[David Weddle]] <br/> [[Bradley Thompson]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Jeff Woolnough]]<br />
| production=110<br />
| rating= 2.2<br />
| US airdate=2005-03-11<br />
| UK airdate=2005-01-03<br />
| dvd= {{Season 1 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 1 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 47898<br />
| oldpopulation= 47905<br />
| prev=[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|Tigh Me Up,<br>Tigh Me Down]]<br />
| next=[[Colonial Day]]<br />
| podcast=Y<br />
| podtitle=The Hand of God<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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: ''With the Fleet short of [[tylium|fuel]], ''[[Galactica]]'' launches a daring attack on a Cylon base.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
* [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] is almost out of fuel, and ''[[Galactica]]'' has [[Raptor|Raptors]] out scouting nearby star systems to find tylium ore - if they don't, the fleet can make two more [[FTL|jumps]] at best <br />
* Aboard one of the Raptors, [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] and [[Crashdown]] find an asteroid filled with years worth of tylium ore — unfortunately, the Cylons found it first and have built a [[Cylon Refinery|refinery base]] on it.<br />
* Faced with hoping to locate tylium elsewhere using their remaining supplies of fuel, or taking the asteroid from the Cylons, [[William Adama|Adama]] opts to attack the asteroid to take the tylium from the Cylons.<br />
* On ''[[Colonial One]]'', [[Laura Roslin]] reveals she is being affected by taking [[Chamalla]] extract to [[Elosha]], having prescient visions – her dreams about [[Leoben Conoy]] which occurred immediately before he was found on the ''[[Gemenon Traveler]]'' ([[Flesh and Bone]]), and her hallucination about snakes<br />
* On hearing about the snakes, Elosha reveals that it matches a prophecy in an ancient text written by [[Pythia]] 3,600 years ago concerning the exodus of humankind, which foretells that a dying Leader will lead the remnants of humanity to the promised land of Earth.<br />
* Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] and [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] draw up an initial plan to take the asteroid, but Commander Adama decides to turn to [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] to come up with an unconventional idea to accomplish the mission, as she has a penchant for thinking "outside the box", and as machines the Cylons tend to predict more logical plans.<br />
* Plans are drawn up for the attack on the Cylon base on the asteroid, and [[Gaius Baltar]] is involved in preparations when Starbuck and Tigh show him recon photos of the refinery. They cannot simply nuke the base, as the radiation would render the tylium inert, so the best plan would be to destroy the containers holding the volatile unrefined tylium precursor. Tigh and Starbuck want Baltar to point out what it is, even though he has no idea what it looks like. In his mind, Baltar asks his virtual Number Six for help, but she tells him it is in God's hands and He will "tell" Baltar where to point. Baltar picks an object in the base, simply as a wild guess (though he doesn't tell the others that). Baltar is terrified, telling Six he didn't hear God's voice, but she reassures him that "God doesn't always speak in ''words''".<br />
* Apollo is concerned that everyone thinks Starbuck is a better pilot than he is and would be better leading the mission. Starbuck cannot fly in the attack, because in the [[Weight Room|weight room]] Commander Adama demonstrates that her knee has not yet fully recovered from its [[You Can't Go Home Again|injury]]. On the hangar deck, Commander Adama encourages Apollo, telling him he thinks Apollo really can pull off this mission, because he is his son.<br />
* The attack is launched, and [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid|the battle]] commences: civilian mining ships jump in on one side of the Cylon base pretending to be on a survey mission, drawing off some Raiders from the base, while ''Galactica'' jumps in on the other side and launches a squadron of Vipers against it, which are confronted by the base's reserve Raiders. The Raiders sent against the mining ships peel off and advance with the others on ''Galactica''. Everything seems to be going wrong, but then Adama reveals that this was a feint, apparently only he and those directly involved in implementing the plan aware of the real plan.<br />
*A second squadron of Vipers, led by Apollo, launches from inside of the mining ships. While appearing to be merely bait, and dismissed as such by the Cylons, the ships are the real thrust of the attack. With the raiders lured out of position by ''Galactica'', Apollo and his wing have a clear flight to the base.<br />
*Once the Vipers reach the moon, however, things are far from easy: the Cylon base has a formidable anti-air defense system, and the Vipers' missle attack fails as the Cylons are able to jam the missiles' tracking systems. <br />
*In a move of reckless improvisation worthy of Starbuck, Apollo avoids the Cylon defense grid by flying through its tylium mining tunnels to the center of the base, then dropping a pair of explosive charges at the supposed tylium-precursor container.<br />
*Much to Baltar's surprise, his wild guess at which container held the volatile tylium-precursor was correct: as Apollo flies away, the entire base explodes with the force of a 3 kiloton nuclear warhead. <br />
*With their base destroyed, the Cylon Raiders go into a panic and are easy prey for ''Galactica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Vipers to mop up. All planes return to ''Galactica'' in a moment of celebration. Civilian mining ships will be able to get enough tylium fuel from the asteroid to last the Fleet several years. <br />
*In Baltar's dream world, he expresses his astonishment to Number Six: Baltar "realizes" that the only "logical" explanation is that God truly did guide his hand to the right point on the Cylon base. The formerly atheist Baltar now accepts the possibility that he might truly be an instrument of God...<br />
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[[Image:bsg-1-10.jpg|thumb|Adama and staff plan the attack.]]<br />
=== On Caprica: ===<br />
*[[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Valerii]] are hiding-out on a farm on their way to [[Delphi]].<br />
*When Helo offers to prepare a meal, Valerii is uncharacteristically sick, leading them to try and settle down for some sleep.<br />
*They are interrupted by the arrival of a troop of [[Cylon Centurion]]s - lead by another copy of Number Six.<br />
*Forcing a stunned Helo into action - he cannot believe the woman he saw Sharon kill is coming after them - Sharon forces him back on the run.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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* Why did [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] order the fighters to pursue the fleeing [[Cylon Raiders]], instead of securing the area? One possibility for attacking the remaining fighters to prevent them from getting reinforcements from a distant [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]. ''(Although Adama will not have discovered this until later episodes, Raiders have the ability to make a jump ''much'' farther than any Colonial vessel.)''<br />
* How many Vipers does ''Galactica'' actually have? Do they have a contingency plan should the majority (or all) of the Vipers be destroyed? Or are they simply fraked? (See [[Galactica (RDM)#Running Tallies|this article for a running tally by episode to-date]])<br />
* Are the Colonials able to build ships, such as [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]], from scratch? Or can they take destroyed hulks and rebuild off them? (Answer: Vipers are frequently salvaged, but only to a point. [[Flight of the Phoenix|Yes, they can build from scratch]], although the result [[Blackbird|may not be a Viper]]. However, [[Pegasus (RDM)|''Pegasus'']] is able to build Vipers from scratch, when she has the raw materials (metal ore, etc) to do so. ([[Scar]]))<br />
* How exactly can a 3,600 year old text foretell the exodus of humanity, and the leadership of [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]]? ([[Sacred Scrolls|Answer]].)<br />
* Does someone have time on their hands to build miniatures of the ''new'' Cylon Raiders for the [[Situation Room]]!?<br />
* If [[Gaius Baltar]] read the Sacred Scrolls in "... the 6th grade", why, in spite of being the former Secretary of Education, doesn't [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] know who [[Pythia]] is? Possibly it is because Gaius Baltar is a genius and he was reading very advanced material in the 6th grade, and Laura Roslin wasn't very religious prior to becoming president. <br />
**Answer: According to RDM, the Sacred Scrolls are much like modern Earth religions, i.e. the vast majority of the general populace often knows many often-quoted phrases and the general philosophy of a religion, but that doesn't mean every person is a theology scholar. Also, like Earth different sections of the Twelve Colonies are more religious than others. [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], for example, is quite secular in regards to religion, while [[Gemenon]] is religiously fundamentalist, believing in the literal truth of the Sacred Scrolls.<br />
*Is Baltar truly an instrument of "God"?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*The introduction of the prophesy of [[Pythia]] further link the series' mythology to the ancient Greece of our own planet. In Greek mythology, the Pythia was the priestess at Apollo's oracle in Delphi. The name itself comes from Python, the dragon slain by Apollo. The Pythia operated as a vehicle for Apollo's will to be known to those on earth. A believer would make a sacrifice and present a question to a priest. The priest would then present the question to the Pythia. The Pythia sat on a bronze tripod in the adytum, or inner chamber of Apollo's temple. In this sacred chamber the spirit of Apollo overcame the Pythia and inspired the prophecy. <br />
**Pythia in ancient Greece was the Oracle of Delphi – and on Caprica, Helo and Sharon are making for the religious center of [[Delphi]]. <br />
*Following his seeking God’s forgiveness ([[33]]) and his repentance of his sins ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]), Baltar finally becomes God’s "instrument". He literally becomes the hand of God referenced in the episode title: he is the one that points out the target that will destroy the Cylon base. <br />
*Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen Baltar move through the five emotional states that tend to guide our reactions to a new "truth" we’d rather not face: <br />
**Denial (dismissing the "disappearance" of the ''Olympic Carrier'' after the call from Dr. Amorak as anything more than a serendipitous event - [[33]])<br />
**Anger (his outright hostility towards Six as she continues to "bore" him with talk of God - [[Six Degrees of Separation]])<br />
**Bargaining (praying to God for his safety in return for his obedience - [[Six Degrees of Separation]])<br />
**Depression (leaving the Situation Room without having "heard" God’s voice & facing up to the fact that he had to – again - lie)<br />
**Acceptance his messianic response to Six’s coaxing at the end of this episode. <br />
*Did the Cylons ''allow'' the Colonials to find an asteroid filled with fuel?<br />
**Executive producer [[Ron Moore]] has stated numerous times that the Cylons are not letting the Fleet escape, but are actively trying to destroy it.<br />
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== Notes == <br />
*Nine days have passed since the events of "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]".<br />
*The celtic victory music played at the end of the episode after the Cylon base is destroyed is titled "Wander My Friends", written and composed by [[Bear McCreary]]. The lyrics and translation for the song given in the liner notes for the Season 1 soundtrack are reposted [[Soundtrack (Season 1)#Lyrics and Translations|on this page]], with permission. <br />
*Tylium ore is used to power FTL systems, but probably not through any fissionable reaction.<br />
*Tylium has an energy density of about 5e14 J/kg, comparable to that of nuclear fusion.<br />
*Cylon technology is clearly a Colonial off-shoot, as one would expect: from the use of tylium down to the shape of doorways.<br />
*William Adama’s father was Joseph Adama.<br />
*Sharon Valerii on Caprica may well be pregnant.<br />
*Lt. Gaeta makes mention in passing conversation to Apollo that the Colonials actually know where the [[Cylon homeworld]] is, or at least its rough location ("they'd build a refinery this far from their homeworld?" "Why not? They need fuel out here just as much as we do").<br />
*There is an ancient text some 3,600 years old foretelling humanity’s flight – and apparently, Roslin’s leadership.<br />
*Mark II Vipers can carry both missiles and munitions pods (bombs).<br />
*The Mark VII Vipers all appear to be out of commission - even Apollo is now regularly flying a Mk II.<br />
*Based on the conversation between Commander Adama and Starbuck in the gym, it appears that Mark II Viper thruster pedals use a mechanical flight control system rather than a "fly-by-wire" linkage. This fits the concept of minimizing the use of computers mentioned in the [[Miniseries]]. <br />
*The religious overtones to the human / Cylon struggle are becoming more pronounced, with a now-promised confrontation due at the "home of the Gods".<br />
*The Fleet has a tylium refinery ship among its number.<br />
*With the capture of the tylium mining facilities on the asteroid, the Colonials should be able to gather enough tylium to keep them going for about 2 years – assuming they can shift that much tylium to their refinery ship before the Cylons return.<br />
*A railway line can be seen below the balcony of Baltar's Caprica house at the end of the episode. Single track, mounted on apparently wooden (as opposed to conrete sleepers), on a bed of gravel, without any form of electrifcation (3rd rail or overhead wires).<br />
*The title of this episode was also that of the 21st episode of the original series. Aside from both Adamas launching an offensive strike against Cylon forces, there is little comparison between the two episodes. However this is a coincidence; the writers weren't aware of this Original Series episode.<br />
*[[Ronald D. Moore]] says in his podcast that [[Lee Adama]]'s flight through the tunnel is an homage to ''[[wikipedia:Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars]]''.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*''Lee Adama sits with a battered Viper before the mission. He is joined by his father, who after a short conversation, Adama hands Lee a lighter:''<br />
:'''Commander Adama:''' It belonged to your grandfather. My mother bought it for him when he was in law school. See the engraving on it? <br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' (reading the name "Joseph Adama") Yes I...can barely make it out...<br />
:'''Commander Adama:''' He was a better father than I was. Dad used to carry that into court cases. He claimed he never lost unless he left it behind. <br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' So you’re worried too.<br />
:'''Commander Adama:''' About what?<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Sometimes it feels like the whole ship thinks...Starbuck...would do better.<br />
:'''Commander Adama:''' I don’t.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' How can you be so sure?<br />
:'''Commander Adama:''' Because you’re my son.<br />
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*''Commander Adama asks Starbuck to assist with developing a plan to attack the refinery:''<br />
:'''Commander Adama:''' Captain Adama and Colonel Tigh are working on the plan now and I need some serious "out-of -the-box" thinking. <br />
:'''Starbuck:''' "Out-of-the-box" is where I live.<br />
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*''During the briefing with Apollo, Tigh, Starbuck, Adama, and Roslin.''<br />
:'''Commander Adama:''' Sometimes, you have to roll the hard six.<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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*''[[Katee Sackhoff]] discusses her dislike for Viper scenes, and why she wanted the writers to "break [her] knee again, please":''<br />
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: I despise [the Viper cockpit scenes]. It is very uncomfortable in that tight space. All of a sudden, you’re claustrophobic, you’re hot and sweaty, and then you’re cold, you have to pee, you need water, but you can’t drink it because you’ll have to pee again… You have these rubber space suits and you get stuck to the seat. Gross! Then there’s wind in your face and you are falling asleep because it is so hot. You are trying to memorise all this dialogue – 50 pages – all this technical mumbo jumbo. You’re like, ‘Break my knee again, please.’ That was the best thing that happened to me in season one.<ref>{{cite_news|first=Cullen|last=Ian M.|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/Sackhoff_Vipers.html|title=Sackhoff Admits To Hating The Viper Scenes|publisher=SciFi Pulse|page=|date=30 January 2007|accessdate=9 February 2007|language=}}</ref><br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]]<br />
*[[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Henderson]]<br />
*[[Cailin Stadnyk]] as Ensign [[Davis]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Lucianna Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]<br />
*[[Terry Chen]] as [[Perry|"Chuckles" Perry]] <br />
*[[Christina Schild]] as [[Playa Palacios|Playa Kohn]]<br />
*[[Biski Gugushe]] as [[Sekou Hamilton]]<br />
*[[Paul Cummings]] as [[Fireball]] <br />
*[[Camille Sullivan]] as [[Stepchild]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[es:La Mano de Dios]]</div>Larocque6689https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Tigh_Me_Up,_Tigh_Me_Down&diff=112726Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down2007-03-12T22:38:01Z<p>Larocque6689: /* Guest stars */</p>
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<div>: ''This episode is also known under its draft title, "Secrets and Lies". Its official title is "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down".''<br />
{{Episode Data<br />
| image =bsg-1-09.jpg<br />
| title=Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down<br />
| series=<br />
| season=1<br />
| episode=9<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jeff Vlaming]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Edward James Olmos]]<br />
| production=109<br />
| rating= 2.1<br />
| US airdate=2005-03-04<br />
| UK airdate=2004-12-13<br />
| dvd= {{Season 1 NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br/>{{Season 1 PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population= 47905<br />
| oldpopulation= 47954<br />
| prev=[[Flesh and Bone]]<br />
| next=[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]<br />
| podcast=Y<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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: ''[[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh's]] world is turned upside down when [[Ellen Tigh|his wife]] arrives on ''[[Galactica]]'' -- but is she all she claims to be?''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
* [[Laura Roslin]] comes aboard ''[[Galactica]]'' as [[William Adama|Adama]] receives a report that [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar’s]] [[Cylon detector]] is operational.<br />
* Unable to shake off [[Leoben Conoy|Conoy’s]] words to her ([[Flesh and Bone]]), she wants Adama to take the test first; he reluctantly agrees.<br />
* When a lone [[Cylon Raider]] shows up, [[Lee Adama]] is ordered to intercept, and [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] is stunned to learn Adama is off-ship.<br />
* The Raider is crippled, and a [[Raptor]] is dispatched to gather intel on it, particularly how its [[FTL]] drive operates.<br />
* Adama returns to ''Galactica'' on a [[Raptor]] with a further shock for Tigh: his wife, [[Ellen Tigh|Ellen]].<br />
* Roslin calls Baltar to check on the progress of Adama’s Cylon test – only to find Adama has cancelled so that a woman called “Ellen” can be tested. Roslin orders Baltar to restart Adama’s test immediately.<br />
* Roslin summons Tigh to ''[[Colonial One]]'', reveals her suspicions regarding Adama, and challenges a defensive Tigh over Adama’s behavior in leaving ''Galactica'' unannounced.<br />
* Tigh takes the wind out of Roslin’s sails when he states Adama was off-ship so he could collect Tigh’s missing wife.<br />
* After Tigh has left her office, Roslin calls Baltar and orders him to stop Adama’s test and resume Ellen’s.<br />
* Later, at a dinner in Adama’s quarters, Ellen behaves with a mixture of her old self – trying to play footsie with Lee Adama under the table, and trying to flirt with him over the table – and a strange curiosity concerning [[Earth]].<br />
* Adama deflects her probing by asking how it could be that she got aboard a ship, the ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'', without anyone having any knowledge of her or of treating her during her alleged 3 weeks of being unconscious.<br />
* Ellen simply shrugs off the questions in her apparently drunken state and breaks up the party with her “drunken” playing.<br />
* As she and her husband return to their quarters, they encounter Baltar, with whom she openly flirts, both annoying Tigh and raising [[Number Six|Six]]’s curiosity.<br />
* After Baltar has departed, Ellen deflects her husband’s anger at her behavior by claiming Adama wants her, then dragging Tigh after Baltar.<br />
* In Baltar’s lab, a row is brewing over the various tests that should have been carried out; things become more complicated when Tigh and his wife arrive, and the disagreements and suspicions become a three-way argument, which is broken up when Adama, Lee and Tigh are summoned to [[CIC]].<br />
* The Cylon Raider has stopped behaving oddly, and is on a collision course for ''Galactica''. [[Alert Fighters]] are dispatched at Tigh’s order, and the Raider is destroyed.<br />
* Later, back in Baltar’s lab, Ellen’s test results come through and are apparently green. Baltar, however simply states to Six that having everything turn up green makes life a lot easier.<br />
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=== On Caprica: ===<br />
*[[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Valerii]] are trying to avoid the Cylons by running through the storm drains under a city.<br />
*Valerii has a plan -- she claims to have overheard the Cylons discussing a huge base at [[Delphi]], she believes they can steal a ship from there and get off the planet.<br />
*[[Aaron Doral|Doral]] and [[Number Six|Six]] are definitely affected by the fact that even though Valerii has run off, she is experiencing emotions they have never had -- as is Helo.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*Is [[Ellen Tigh]] a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon]]? ([[Exodus, Part II|Probable Answer]])<br />
*What is [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] hoping to gain from keeping the test results secret?<br />
**Answer: The official season 1 companion book explains this more fully. Basically, Baltar does not know if the Cylons in the Fleet are capable of communicating with each other. That's why in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" he didn't call in the Marines to grab Sharon as soon as she left his lab; if he reveals one or two of the Cylons, while more are still at large, he is afraid that the others will then target him for assassination. More or less, Baltar's plan is to screen out as many people as he can to find all of the Cylons, and then reveal them in one fell swoop. Even if they don't possess a communications net they might just realize his Cylon detector works if one of their number like Boomer is revealed by the test; he wants them to think it doesn't really work. Alternatively, as it might take years to test the entire Fleet, Baltar would do what he will do later on in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]"; find one Cylon, then interrogate it to find out who the other Cylons are, etc. For the moment, he is biding his time.<br />
** This does not, however, account for Six's apparent ignorance of whether or not Ellen is a Cylon. If her question on this to Baltar was not purely rhetorical, and if she does not know, what does this say about her nature? At the very least, it would indicate that she is not privy to all that Baltar does and knows. This has implications for her precise nature, what activates her appearances, and what happens when she is dormant.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
*Could Ellen Tigh be a Cylon? ''See [[Humanoid Cylon speculation#Ellen Tigh?|Humanoid Cylon speculation]]''.<br />
**In light of her death in [[Exodus, Part II]], her likelihood of being a Cylon is all but ruled out unless she is a copy of one of the "Final Five" unseen models. The likely explanation is that she is just a very blatant red herring.<br />
*Continuing from the previous episode, Caprica-Sharon now seems to be honestly trying to lead Helo away from the Cylons and truly escape.<br />
*This is the first mention of the city of [[Delphi]] and Helo's hostile reaction to the news of its being used as a Cylon hub. Plausibly the emotional reaction is due to Delphi being a spiritual center for the Twelve Colonies.<br />
*The test apparently takes 11 hours to generate results (although Boomer’s result in “Flesh and Bone” was obtained in far less time than this – "a couple of minutes", according to Baltar, and about 60 seconds of screen-time.) <br />
**Baltar claims in [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]] that he allowed Boomer to believe she was human "for [his] own purposes". Does he have the ability to determine other Cylon infiltrators in a much shorter timeframe than he chooses to admit in this episode? Perhaps he was just going through the math in his head - but then why the half-serious jokes about suicide as he contemplates the task?<br />
*Perhaps a "positive" result with a real Cylon takes much less time, but it takes 11 hours to be definitely sure someone isn't a Cylon.<br />
*Is it possible that the Cylon Raider is there to transmit instructions to other Cylons within the fleet? In [[Final Cut]], we see that they can receive messages from their agents.<br />
**In a deleted scene, they mention that they noticed a high-frequency burst which could have been a Cylon within the fleet sending out a signal, but they couldn't track which ship it came from.<br />
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== Notes == <br />
*The script was originally called "Secrets and Lies". However, "'''Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down'''" is the official title for the episode, according to [[Ronald D. Moore]].<br />
*It is 3 days since the events of "[[Flesh and Bone]]".<br />
*There are now 47,905 survivors in the fleet, a loss of 49 since "Flesh and Bone". Compared to other casualty figures in the first season, this is unusually high for a three-day period.<br />
**Are Boomer (tested last episode) and Baltar himself included in this figure?<br />
*Colonel Tigh's drinking problem became drastically worse because of his wife's infidelity and their divorce. <br />
*Billy’s relationship with Dualla is picking up, despite his attempts to pump her for information <br />
*Baltar apparently has no intention of being honest about the results of his Cylon tests.<br />
*''Galactica'' has a forward [[observation deck|observation lounge]] that has become a much sought-after trysting-place, with individuals and couples rotated through it at regular intervals.<br />
*The Cylons have established a major base at [[Delphi]], another major city on Caprica.<br />
*Helo curses the Cylons for choosing Delphi as their base.<br />
*The opera music that Baltar is listening to in his lab while talking to and getting intimate with Number Six is titled "Battlestar Operatica", and was written and composed by [[Bear McCreary]]. It is sung in Italian, and directly relates to Baltar's situation. The lyrics translate: "Woe upon your Cylon heart / There's a toaster in your head/ And it wears high heels / Number Six calls to you / The Cylon Detector beckons / Your girlfriend is a toaster / Woe upon your Cylon heart / Alas, disgrace! Alas, sadness and misery! / The toaster has a pretty dress / Red like its glowing spine / Number Six whispers / By your command" (translation given in the liner notes for the Season 1 soundtrack, reposted [[Soundtrack (Season 1)#Lyrics and Translations|on this page]], with permission).<br />
*[[Edward James Olmos]], who portrays [[William Adama]], also directed this episode. He was originally to direct "[[Flesh and Bone]]" but could not do so due to scheduling conflicts.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''As Commamder Adama and Laura Roslin talk in the CIC:''<br />
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:<b>Commander Adama:</b> Madame President, we are the proud owners of the universe's first bona fide Cylon detector.<br />
:<b>Laura Roslin:</b> Well, that is great news. So... when do we begin?<br />
:<b>Commander Adama:</b> Doctor Baltar would like to start widespread testing as soon as possible, but there are some serious limitations, because he can only do one person at a time and verification takes hours.<br />
:<b>Laura Roslin:</b> So, who's going to go first?<br />
:<b>Commander Adama:</b> (thinking for a second) The test... right. I think people in sensitive positions should go first.<br />
:<b>Laura Roslin:</b> I completely agree. How about you?<br />
:<b>Commander Adama:</b> Excuse me?<br />
:<b>Laura Roslin:</b> If you're a Cylon, I'd like to know.<br />
:<b>Commander Adama:</b> If I'm a Cylon, you're really screwed.<br />
:(Adama and Roslin both start laughing)<br />
:<b>Laura Roslin:</b> Seriously, I do think you should go first. Show everyone in the fleet that they can trust the people at the top.<br />
:<b>Commander Adama:</b> Well then, maybe YOU should go first. (silence) All right... I'll go first.<br />
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* ''As Commander Adama, Colonel Tigh, Ellen Tigh, Apollo, and Laura Roslin are eating dinner:''<br />
:<b>Ellen Tigh:</b> So Bill, now the question on everyone's mind -- and, I do mean everyone -- is "Where's Earth?" and "When are we going to get there?"<br />
:<b>Commander Adama:</b> Yeah... that's classified information.<br />
:<b>Ellen Tigh:</b> Oh, there's that word again!<br />
:<b>Colonel Tigh:</b> Ellen, leave the man alone.<br />
:<b>Ellen Tigh:</b> Come on! If there aren't privileges to being an XO's wife, then what's the point? I mean, Bill, we're all family here, so come on!<br />
:<b>Laura Roslin:</b> The need for secrecy is paramount, Ellen. Oh, I'm sorry. Perhaps you don't know that the Cylons look like us now.<br />
:<b>Ellen Tigh:</b> Oh... that. Yes. Yes, I knew that.<br />
:<b>Laura Roslin:</b> It's recent news. Most people just found out a few days ago.<br />
:<b>Ellen Tigh:</b> (thinking) A thing like that would travel fast.<br />
:<b>Commander Adama:</b> Any one of us could be a Cylon.<br />
:(the entire table goes silent)<br />
:<b>Ellen Tigh:</b> BOO!<br />
:(everyone jumps in their seat, but Ellen and Saul start laughing)<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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*"'Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down' was originally called 'Secrets and Lies', or 'Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down' by Jeff Vlaming. And when I saw those titles on the script, I knew we had to go with 'Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down'. It was too good. Too good a title to let lie on the cutting room floor." -- Ronald D. Moore [[podcast]]<br />
*"'Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down' began life as a very different episode than it ultimately came out to be. It was originally going to be a riff on 'Crimson Tide'." -- Ronald D. Moore [[podcast]]<br />
*"It did feel right that, perhaps, there was one place; that perhaps there was one area of the ship, which accepted a window or a port to look out and that it would be a fairly confined space for the crew on these very long, deep space missions that probably lasted months, if not years. And that there might be a place where they can go to and just stargaze. And in this situation, it seemed like there would be a lot of people lining up to try and look out at the stars, you know, a break from the monotony of staring at metal walls." -- Ronald D. Moore [[podcast]], talking about the observation area of the ''[[Galactica]]''<br />
*"The long and the short of it was that we had just come out of a very heavy, very dark, very [[Flesh and Bone|disturbing episode]]. And the very next episode was supposed to be 'Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down' which was all about a very disturbing, very dark, very (sort of) unhappy episode where our two -- two of our lead characters started pointing guns at one another. So there came a point when I just decided, well, let's just punt. Let's not do the dark and brooding episode. Let's try a different tone. Let's see if the show can withstand something lighter. Let's try something that's closer to a comedy, or as close to a comedy as ''Galactica'' can withstand." -- Ronald D. Moore [[podcast]]<br />
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== Guest stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Aaron Doral]]<br />
*[[Alex Green]] as Deckhand<br />
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